mating dance

collocation in English

meaningsofmateanddance

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mate
noun[C]
uk
/meɪt/us
/meɪt/
an animal's ...
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dance
noun
uk
/dɑːns/us
/dæns/
a particular series of movements that you perform to music or the type of music that is connected ...
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(Definition ofmateanddancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The couple's subsequent extravagances are part of a complicatedmatingdanceat once witty, slapstick and tender, balanced at the end between ritual and reality.
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Breeding begins after amatingdancewhere the male dances in semicircles around the female.
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Thematingdancemay last for several minutes.
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The pearl gourami has a very unusual and beautifulmatingdance.
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After amatingdanceon the black widow's web, the spiders make love and the black widow eats the common spider.
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After amatingdance, the male mounts the female and rubs his chin on her nose.
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Males approach females and begin an elaboratematingdance; they bob their bodies up and down, while opening and closing their wings like a fan with each bob.
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During this period both male and females display mating dances and behaviours.
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Their plumage, colours and mating dances are spectacular.
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It reaches its extreme with the albatrosses, where pairs spend many years perfecting and elaborate mating dances.
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Broom mating dances are often seen here.
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Dance may also be regarded as a form of nonverbal communication between humans or other animals, as in bee dances and behaviour patterns such as a mating dances.
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