Cryptic crossword clue
Plants and animals? 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SOWS

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What does SOWS mean?

SOWS noun
  1. A female pig.
  2. A female bear, she-bear.
  3. A female guinea pig.
  4. A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
  5. A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
  6. A contemptible, often fat woman.
  7. A sowbug.
  8. A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.
SOWS verb
  1. To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
  2. To spread abroad; to propagate.
  3. To scatter over; to besprinkle.

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