reproductive plan
nounUK /ˌriːprəˈdʌktɪv plæn/
US /ˌriːprəˈdʌktɪv plæn/
A plan for how living things will make babies or new plants.
The scientists made a reproductive plan to help the endangered birds have more chicks.
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2. A written set of steps for helping animals or plants produce young.
The zoo's reproductive plan helped the pandas have a cub.
3. A personal plan about when and how to have children.
They talked about their reproductive plan before getting married.
4. A strategy in biology for how a species makes more of itself.
Each kind of fish has its own reproductive plan for laying eggs.