mating season

noun

: the time of year when an animal mates

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After the mating season is over, the bucks lose their antlers. Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2024 Mating rituals: During mating season, male tarantulas leave their burrows to search for females. Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2024 And Smithsonian researchers used Motus to reveal that some Kirtland’s warblers in Michigan made previously unknown long-distance flights during mating season. Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024 Beware of giant spiders:Thousands of tarantulas to emerge in 3 states for mating season Where was it discovered? Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mating season 

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“Mating season.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mating%20season. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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