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pair-bond
(pair-bond)
verb
[
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
noun
(
pair bond
)
a relationship formed by pair-bonding.
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