sexing
Identifying animal genders
Sexing is determining the sex of an organism, especially when it's not immediately obvious.
Professionals sex chicks, fish, and cannabis plants.
The term also refers informally to sexual activity: There was a lot of sexing going on at that party.
In text messaging, sexing is sending sexually explicit messages—short for sexting.
Opening for airflow
- cloacalOf the shared body cavity
- dimorphismTwo distinct forms
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- karyotypingVisualizing chromosomal arrangement
genotyping · DNA · chromosomes · gonads · phenotyping · ultrasound · plumage · feather
Allocated work or duty
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- intersexAtypical sex development
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
XY · transgender · cisgender · identity · expression · binary · spectrum · designation
Joining two together
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- sireMale animal parent
- damWater-holding barrier
- pedigreeRecord of descent
purebred · insemination · estrus · ovulation · fertility · stud · lineage · husbandry
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- gametesReproductive cells for fusion
- zygoteFirst embryonic cell
- embryoOrganism before birth
- conceptionFormation of an idea
gestation · spawning · clutch · incubation · offspring · progeny · viviparous · oviparous
vent
Opening for airflow
- cloacalOf the shared body cavity
- dimorphismTwo distinct forms
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
karyotyping · genotyping · DNA · chromosomes · gonads · phenotyping · ultrasound · plumage · feather · probing
assignment
Allocated work or duty
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- intersexAtypical sex development
XY · nonbinary · transgender · cisgender · identity · expression · binary · spectrum · designation · classification
pairing
Joining two together
pedigree · purebred · insemination · estrus · ovulation · fertility · stud · lineage · husbandry · selective
fertilization
Gamete fusion creating zygote
conception · gestation · spawning · clutch · incubation · offspring · progeny · viviparous · oviparous · pollination
- Poultry Farmingducks, geese, duck eggs, goose eggs, duckling
- reptile keepingterrarium, terrariums, vivarium, vivariums, enclosure
- chickshatchlings, pullets, brooder, incubator, candling
- poultrychicken, hen, turkey, duck, goose
- invertebrate petstarantula, hermit crab, praying mantis, emperor scorpion, scorpion
- poultry processingslaughter, slaughtering, plucking, defeathering, evisceration
sexingabstaining
Voluntarily doing without
celibacy · abstinence · refraining · chastity · holding off
sexingbreeding
Reproductive cultivation of organisms
mating · pairing · reproducing · crossing · inseminating
- sexing upMaking more exciting