"breeding" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1950, Gunnar Thorson, “Reproductive and Larval Ecology of Marine Bottom Invertebrates”, in Biological Reviews, volume 25, number 1, pages 1–45",
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          "ref": "2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 222",
          "text": "Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true.",
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        "Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction."
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          "sense": "process through which propagation, growth or development occurs",
          "word": "lisääntyminen"
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          "sense": "process through which propagation, growth or development occurs",
          "word": "élevage"
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          "sense": "process through which propagation, growth or development occurs",
          "word": "გამრავლება"
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          "sense": "process through which propagation, growth or development occurs",
          "word": "pemuliaan"
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          "sense": "process through which propagation, growth or development occurs",
          "word": "pembiakbakaan"
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          "roman": "prajananaṁ",
          "sense": "process through which propagation, growth or development occurs",
          "word": "പ്രജനനം"
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          "roman": "ganaq̇opiereba",
          "sense": "act of inseminating by natural or artificial means",
          "word": "განაყოფიერება"
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          "sense": "act of inseminating by natural or artificial means",
          "word": "whakaaiaitanga"
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          "word": "размноже́ние"
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          "word": "paritteleminen"
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          "word": "копуля́ция"
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          "roman": "kóitus",
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        "The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity."
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          "roman": "vospítannostʹ",
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          "text": "Your dog has good breeding.",
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        "Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex."
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