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Definition of pair-bond in English: pair-bondverb [no object](of an animal or person) form a close relationship through courtship and sexual activity with one other animal or person. only 3 per cent of all animal species pair-bond Example sentencesExamples - The dance ritual of the male and female during courtship and pair-bonding is one of the most entertaining spectacles in the world of birds.
- Birds are much more likely than other animals to pair-bond.
- For some bird species pair-bonding lasts a lifetime.
- For females in pair-bonding species (such as swans, which mate for life, or monogamous South American monkeys), competency at fatherhood is a potential mate's most desirable quality.
- They display classic pair-bonding behavior - entwining of necks, mutual preening, flipper flapping, and the rest.
noun A relationship formed by pair-bonding. Example sentencesExamples - Pairs of breeding forest-falcons sing duets before sunrise, a behavior that presumably functions to advertise their occupation of a territory, and perhaps to strengthen the pair bond.
- In this species, long-tailed males are preferred by females both to form a pair bond and to engage in extrapair copulations.
- Three pair bonds dissolved because both partners died, one because the female died, three because the male died, and two pairs split although both partners survived and returned.
- Guans appear to be monogamous and the pair bond lasts over many breeding seasons.
- Establishing a pair bond is a prerequisite for acquiring and defending a nesting territory.
- In most bird species, individuals form long-term, monogamous pair-bonds.
- Owing to the strong territoriality and apparent site-fidelity of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, that seems a likely mechanism generating long-term pair-bonds in this species, rather than a direct choice of partner.
- After a pair has secured a territory and formed a tight pair bond, they will mate.
- Yellow Warblers are primarily monogamous and form pair bonds soon after females arrive on the breeding grounds (about ten days behind males).
- They make dramatic, acrobatic display flights to solidify the pair bond and to defend their territories.
- Short-tailed Albatrosses engage in elaborate courtship dances and tend to maintain long-term pair bonds.
- The monogamous pair bond may hold throughout the year and extend into multiple nesting seasons.
- The pair bond lasts for the duration of the nesting season, but birds do not appear to re-pair with the same mates the following year.
- There are a pair of female wattled cranes living in the wild in the Free State who have been together for the past 10 years and have formed a very strong pair bond.
- Female gray wolves choose their mates and often form a life-long pair bond.
- We studied territory acquisition and the stability of pair bonds by conducting removal experiments and tracking a colorbanded population of dusky antbirds.
- Shovelers are the most territorial of all the North American dabblers, and pair bonds remain intact through incubation, unlike most other species of ducks.
- In this time interval we could observe the stability of the pair bond.
- This species is interesting because they are socially monogamous - that is, an adult male and female form a lifelong pair bond.
- Pairs will sing in duets to defend territories and strengthen the pair-bond.
Definition of pair-bond in US English: pair-bondverbˈperˌbänd [no object](of an animal or person) form a close relationship through courtship and sexual activity with one other animal or person. only 3 percent of all animal species pair-bond Example sentencesExamples - Birds are much more likely than other animals to pair-bond.
- They display classic pair-bonding behavior - entwining of necks, mutual preening, flipper flapping, and the rest.
- For some bird species pair-bonding lasts a lifetime.
- The dance ritual of the male and female during courtship and pair-bonding is one of the most entertaining spectacles in the world of birds.
- For females in pair-bonding species (such as swans, which mate for life, or monogamous South American monkeys), competency at fatherhood is a potential mate's most desirable quality.
nounˈperˌbänd A relationship so formed. Example sentencesExamples - Three pair bonds dissolved because both partners died, one because the female died, three because the male died, and two pairs split although both partners survived and returned.
- Pairs will sing in duets to defend territories and strengthen the pair-bond.
- Pairs of breeding forest-falcons sing duets before sunrise, a behavior that presumably functions to advertise their occupation of a territory, and perhaps to strengthen the pair bond.
- Yellow Warblers are primarily monogamous and form pair bonds soon after females arrive on the breeding grounds (about ten days behind males).
- Female gray wolves choose their mates and often form a life-long pair bond.
- Guans appear to be monogamous and the pair bond lasts over many breeding seasons.
- The monogamous pair bond may hold throughout the year and extend into multiple nesting seasons.
- In this species, long-tailed males are preferred by females both to form a pair bond and to engage in extrapair copulations.
- Short-tailed Albatrosses engage in elaborate courtship dances and tend to maintain long-term pair bonds.
- Shovelers are the most territorial of all the North American dabblers, and pair bonds remain intact through incubation, unlike most other species of ducks.
- They make dramatic, acrobatic display flights to solidify the pair bond and to defend their territories.
- Owing to the strong territoriality and apparent site-fidelity of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, that seems a likely mechanism generating long-term pair-bonds in this species, rather than a direct choice of partner.
- The pair bond lasts for the duration of the nesting season, but birds do not appear to re-pair with the same mates the following year.
- Establishing a pair bond is a prerequisite for acquiring and defending a nesting territory.
- This species is interesting because they are socially monogamous - that is, an adult male and female form a lifelong pair bond.
- We studied territory acquisition and the stability of pair bonds by conducting removal experiments and tracking a colorbanded population of dusky antbirds.
- In most bird species, individuals form long-term, monogamous pair-bonds.
- After a pair has secured a territory and formed a tight pair bond, they will mate.
- In this time interval we could observe the stability of the pair bond.
- There are a pair of female wattled cranes living in the wild in the Free State who have been together for the past 10 years and have formed a very strong pair bond.
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