Fish Spooner says is unable to reproduce (6)

I believe the answer is:

neuter

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(Other definitions for neuter that I've seen before include "Retune (anag.)" , "Neither m nor f" , "Of noun, neither masculine nor feminine" , "Neither masculine nor feminine gender" , "De-sex" .)

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