Usually means: Behavior preventing mate's potential infidelity.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Mate guarding)

noun:  a reproductive behaviour, primarily of males, in an attempt to increase the likelihood of success of their own sperm fertilizing the eggs of females when competition is involved.

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