mating pairs
Animals reproducing together
Mating pairs are two animals that have bonded for reproduction, whether for a single breeding season or for life.
The term appears in biology and wildlife contexts: The sanctuary protects nesting mating pairs of eagles.
It extends to humans humorously or clinically, describing couples who have paired off: The dating app successfully matched several mating pairs.
- bondingForming close connections
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- courtship displayRitual to attract partners
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- breeding seasonReproductive cycle timing
nesting · monogamy · for life · doves · swans · love birds · lovebirds · copulation · spawning · coupling · duet · dance · ritual · plumage · display · fidelity · lifelong · partners
- breedingselective breeding, breeder, crossbreeding, outbreeding, hybridization
- Lepidopterabutterflies, moths, monarch, cocoons, chrysalis
- lifelong matesswans, albatross, albatrosses, wolves, gibbons