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- Taking a spouse; being married. The act of the masters of two whaling ships whereby they enter into a contract of mateship. Baxter v Rodman, 20 Mass (3 Pick) 435. See contract of mateship.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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mating — mating. См. спаривание. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
mating — index matrimony Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Mating — Dragonflies mating Tortoises mating … Wikipedia
mating — noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes (Freq. 2) the casual couplings of adolescents the mating of some species occurs only in the spring • Syn: ↑coupling, ↑pairing, ↑conjugation, ↑union, ↑sexual … Useful english dictionary
Mating — Mate Mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mating}.] 1. To match; to marry. [1913 Webster] If she be mated with an equal husband. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To match one s self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mating — The pairing of male and female for the purpose of reproduction. assortative m. selection of a mate with preference for (or aversion to) a particular genotype, i.e., nonrandom m.. SYN: nonrandom m.. cross m. cross. nonrandom m. SYN: assortative m … Medical dictionary
mating — noun Mating is used before these nouns: ↑behaviour, ↑dance, ↑display, ↑pair, ↑partner, ↑ritual, ↑season … Collocations dictionary
mating — mat|ing [ˈmeıtıŋ] n [U] sex between animals ▪ the mating season … Dictionary of contemporary English
mating — mat|ing [ meıtıŋ ] noun uncount sex between animals: a mating ritual … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mating — noun (U) sex between animals: the mating season … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
mating — UK [ˈmeɪtɪŋ] / US noun [uncountable] sex between animals a mating ritual … English dictionary
