reproducer
Britishnoun
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a person or thing that makes reproductions
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a complete sound reproduction system
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another name for loudspeaker
Example Sentences
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Rapid reproducers and voracious eaters, the snail overpopulates waterways and kills off habitat important to native fish and other wildlife.
From Washington Times
In contrast, in the nutrient-poor medium, the fastest reproducers won out.
From Scientific American
After an asteroid crashed into the earth 66 million years ago, triggering a mass extinction, it would have been harder for slowpoke reproducers like dinosaurs to recover.
From Washington Post
Geological Survey, told the magazine he worries about the ongoing impact of turbines on bat populations, which are an essential link in certain ecosystems. “Bats are long-lived and very slow reproducers,” he said.
From Washington Post
P. chrysogenum isn't the only previously asexual fungi recently reclassified as a reluctant sexual reproducer.
From Scientific American
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