reproductoryadj.

Brit.

/ˌriːprəˈdʌkt(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˌriprəˈdəkt(ə)ri/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reproduction n., -ory suffix².

Etymology: Apparently < reproduct- (in reproduction n.) + -ory suffix². Compare productor n., classical Latin prōduct- , past participial stem of prōducere produce v., and also later reproductor n. Compare earlier reproductive adj. Compare French reproducteur (1762).

= reproductive adj. (esp. in sense 1).

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > relating to

genitala1382

generative?a1425

genitivea1500

procreatory1576

seminal1605

procreanta1616

younglinga1627

genitable1634

genial1652

spermatic1669

testiculatory1693

reproductive1746

generational1764

reproductory1831

genesial1848

1831 Englishman's Mag. Apr. 83 Their bounty would be made reproductory in the agreeable shape of the first necessaries of life.

1831 P. Matthew On Naval Timber & Arboriculture iv. ii. 164 [Transplanting of woody vegetables]..accelerating or furthering development of the reproductory parts, is a good lesson to reasoners from analogy.

1892 Proc. Royal Soc. 51 480 They have been differentiated on the exterior as a covering to the nutritory and reproductory cells of the sponge.

1921 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 26 446 The reproductory process is still more important as a group factor in the evolution of the higher types of association or society.

1962 Sci. Surv. 3 289 Reproductory behaviour and its approximate synchronisation depend to a large extent on the action on the central nervous mechanisms of hormones.

1999 Ottawa Sun (Nexis) 31 Mar. 36 Eggs have been symbols of fertility and reproduction since the world was hatched, and loom large when spring rejuvenates nature and wakes up reproductory urges.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reproductory
释义	reproductoryadj. Brit. /ˌriːprəˈdʌkt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌriprəˈdəkt(ə)ri/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reproduction n., -ory suffix². Etymology: Apparently < reproduct- (in reproduction n.) + -ory suffix². Compare productor n., classical Latin prōduct- , past participial stem of prōducere produce v., and also later reproductor n. Compare earlier reproductive adj. Compare French reproducteur (1762). = reproductive adj. (esp. in sense 1). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > relating to genitala1382 generative?a1425 genitivea1500 procreatory1576 seminal1605 procreanta1616 younglinga1627 genitable1634 genial1652 spermatic1669 testiculatory1693 reproductive1746 generational1764 reproductory1831 genesial1848 1831 Englishman's Mag. Apr. 83 Their bounty would be made reproductory in the agreeable shape of the first necessaries of life. 1831 P. Matthew On Naval Timber & Arboriculture iv. ii. 164 [Transplanting of woody vegetables]..accelerating or furthering development of the reproductory parts, is a good lesson to reasoners from analogy. 1892 Proc. Royal Soc. 51 480 They have been differentiated on the exterior as a covering to the nutritory and reproductory cells of the sponge. 1921 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 26 446 The reproductory process is still more important as a group factor in the evolution of the higher types of association or society. 1962 Sci. Surv. 3 289 Reproductory behaviour and its approximate synchronisation depend to a large extent on the action on the central nervous mechanisms of hormones. 1999 Ottawa Sun (Nexis) 31 Mar. 36 Eggs have been symbols of fertility and reproduction since the world was hatched, and loom large when spring rejuvenates nature and wakes up reproductory urges. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1831
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