English
Adjective
reproductive (comparative more reproductive, superlative most reproductive)
- Of or relating to reproduction.
- That reproduces.
2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, […]. Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to reproduction
- Asturian: reproductor, reproductivu
- Belarusian: рэпрадукты́ўны (repraduktýŭny), рэпрадукцы́йны (repradukcýjny)
- Bulgarian: размножителен (razmnožitelen)
- Catalan: reproductiu m, reproductor
- Esperanto: reprodukta
- Finnish: lisääntymis-
- French: reproductif (fr), reproducteur (fr)
- Galician: reprodutivo, reprodutor (gl)
- German: reproduktiv (de), Fortpflanzungs- (de)
- Irish: sliochtmhar, atáirgeach
- Italian: riproduttivo (it)
- Malay: pembiakan (ms), reproduksi, reproduktif
- Polish: reprodukcyjny (pl)
- Portuguese: reprodutivo (pt), reprodutor (pt)
- Romanian: reproductiv (ro) m, reproducător (ro) m
- Russian: воспроизводи́тельный (ru) (vosproizvodítelʹnyj), репродукти́вный (ru) (reproduktívnyj), репродукцио́нный (ru) (reprodukciónnyj)
- Spanish: reproductivo (es), reproductor (es)
- Ukrainian: репродукти́вний (uk) (reproduktývnyj), репродукці́йний (reprodukcíjnyj)
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Noun
reproductive (plural reproductives)
- (biology) A reproductive organism (especially such as in an insect).
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