Refinement Reproduction Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "BREEDING" which means:

noun
• • Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
• • The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
• • Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
• • The production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
• • The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
adjective satellite
• • Producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring
verb
• • To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
• • To give birth to; to be the native place of.
• • Of animals, to mate.
• • To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
• • To arrange the mating of specific animals.
• • To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
• • To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
• • To yield or result in.
• • To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
• • (sometimes as breed up) to educate; to instruct; to bring up
• • To produce or obtain by any natural process.
• • To have birth; to be produced, developed or multiplied.
• • To ejaculate inside someone's ass
adjective
• • Of, relating to or used for breeding.

An example sentence would be:

• • "Selective breeding has led to the development of various dog breeds."
• • "The breeding of fish for commercial purposes is a profitable business."

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