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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reproduction \Re'pro*duc"tion\ (-d?k"sh?n), noun [Cf. F. reproduction.]
1. The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced; specifically (Biol.), the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.
Note: There are two distinct methods of reproduction; viz.: {asexual reproduction} (agamogenesis) and {sexual reproduction} (gamogenesis). In both cases the new individual is developed from detached portions of the parent organism. In asexual reproduction (gemmation, fission, etc.), the detached portions of the organism develop into new individuals without the intervention of other living matter. In sexual reproduction, the detached portion, which is always a single cell, called the female germ cell, is acted upon by another portion of living matter, the male germ cell, usually from another organism, and in the fusion of the two (impregnation) a new cell is formed, from the development of which arises a new individual.
2. That which is reproduced.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
reproduction
noun
1: the process of generating offspring
2: recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall [syn: {reproductive memory}]
3: copy that is not the original; something that has been copied [syn: {replica}, {replication}]
4: the act of making copies; "Gutenberg's reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient" [syn: {replication}]
5: the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring [syn: {procreation}, {breeding}, {facts of life}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "reproduction": abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, block print, breeding, budding, burgeoning, burlesque, carbon, carbon copy, clone, collage, color print, conduplication, copy, copying, counterpart, cyclorama, daub, development, diptych, ditto, double, doubling, dummy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, echo, engraving, excrescence, facsimile, fresco, fructification, gemination, gemmation, germination, growth, hectography, icon, illumination, illustration, image, imitation, ingemination, iteration, knockoff, likeness, maturation, mimeography, miniature, mock-up, model, montage, mosaic, multiplication, mural, outgrowth, overgrowth, panorama, paraphrase, parody, photograph, picture, plagiarism, print, printing, procreation, production, proliferation, prolification, propagation, pullulation, quadruplicate, quotation, reappearance, rebirth, recurrence, redoubling, reduplication, reecho, regurgitation, reincarnation, reiteration, renewal, reoccurrence, repetition, replica, replication, representation, reprography, resumption, return, rubbing, spawning, sprouting, stained glass window, stencil, still life, tableau, tapestry, tracing, transcription, travesty, triplicate, triptych, twin, twinning, upgrowth, vegetation, version, wall painting, xerography
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