semental

/semenˈtal/ · B2 · adj

stud, stud stallion

🐎 sounds like semen + tal: a stud horse kept for seeding mares

Semental comes from Latin sementalis, from semen, seed. The same root gives English semen and seminal. Anything semental is about seed, so a stud stallion or jackass used for breeding fits the meaning.

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