breeder

  1. Noun.  A person who breeds plants or animals professionally.
  2. Noun.  (gay slang, derogatory) A heterosexual; i.e. one whose sexual intercourse can lead to breeding.
  3. Noun.  A type of nuclear reactor that creates material suitable for the production of atomic weapons. (See Wikipedia's article on fast breeder reactors.).
  4. Noun.  (slang, derogatory) a person who has had or who is capable of having children; a person who is focussed on the rearing of their own children.
  5. Noun.  (context, cellular automata) A pattern that exhibits quadratic growth by generating multiple copies of a secondary pattern, each of which then generates multiple copies of a tertiary pattern.

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