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| associate |
a friend, companion, or mate. [1/6 definitions] |
| black widow |
a small spider, widespread in the United States, of which the female has a shiny, black body with an hourglass-shaped red mark on its underside, a poisonous but usu. not fatal bite, and a reputation for sometimes devouring its mate. |
| companion |
a match or mate in a pair. [1/2 definitions] |
| drone1 |
a male honeybee or other male bee whose only known function is to mate with the queen bee. [1/2 definitions] |
| estrus |
the recurrent period of heat or sexual excitement in female mammals, during which the female will mate with the male. |
| first mate |
the officer of a merchant ship second in rank to the captain; mate. |
| heterogamete |
either of a pair of uniting gametes, such as an ovum or a sperm, that differs from its mate in size, structure, activity, sex, or the like. (Cf. isogamete.) |
| mate1 |
an officer on a ship who ranks directly below the captain; first mate. [1/6 definitions] |
| mismate |
to mate wrongly or unsuitably. |
| pair |
two animals brought together to mate or to work. [1/5 definitions] |
| Paraguay tea |
see "maté." |
| rob the cradle |
to choose as a companion or mate someone much younger than oneself. |
| rut2 |
the periodic condition of sexual arousal in certain male animals, such as deer, during which they seek to mate. [1/2 definitions] |
| second mate |
the officer next in command below the first mate on a merchant ship; second officer. |
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