generación

Definitions of generación
  1. noun
    the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
    synonyms: multiplicación, propagación
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    types:
    biogénesis
    the production of living organisms from other living organisms
    type of:
    procreación, reproducción
    the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
  2. noun
    the young of an animal cared for at one time
    synonyms: camada, cría, crío, lechigada, nidada, pollada, progenie, prole, ventregada
  3. noun
    group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
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    type of:
    grupo biológico
    a group of plants or animals
  4. noun
    all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
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    type of:
    gente
    (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
  5. noun
    the normal time between successive generations
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    type of:
    periodo, período
    an amount of time
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