mating pair
Two animals reproducing
A mating pair is two animals that have bonded for reproduction, whether for a single breeding season or for life.
The term appears in biology and wildlife observation: The mating pair built their nest in the old oak tree.
It can extend to any two creatures coupled for breeding purposes, and occasionally applies humorously to humans.
- bondedFastened or emotionally connected
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- coupleTwo linked together
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- courtship displayRitual to attract partners
nesting · nest building · monogamous · for life · partners · doves · swans · love birds · spawning · lovebirds · copulation · fertile · plumage · sexual selection · display · dance · ritual · clutch
- Wolveswolf, werewolf, werewolves, wolf pack, lone wolf
- animal monogamymonogamy
- bird breedingegg, nest, hatch, chick, hatching
- gene transfertransfection, microinjection, calcium phosphate, transduction, plasmid
- breedingselective breeding, breeder, crossbreeding, outbreeding, hybridization