copulation
IPA: kˈɑpjʌɫˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- (countable) The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
- (uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.
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Examples of "copulation" in Sentences
- The male will mount the female and begin copulation.
- Copulation of adults has not been observed in the wild.
- During copulation, the hectocotylus breaks off from the male.
- The female is in distress and attempts to avoid the copulation.
- If the female seems receptive the male will attempt copulation.
- If the female seems receptive, the male will attempt copulation.
- The arm transfers a spermatophore into the female during copulation.
- Courtship feeding of the female by the male is usual prior to copulation.
- The male contributes a few seconds of copulation and a teaspoon of semen.
- The special process which secures this union of the male and female elements is termed copulation or coitus.
- Lastly comes the sin of not observing the right manner of copulation, which is more grievous if the abuse regards the
- 308 Complete ablution is rendered necessary chiefly by the emission of semen either in copulation or in nocturnal pollution.
- In other words, the more vasopressin in the brain, the more male voles want to stick around and mingle with the female after copulation is through.
- The other season in which it is dangerous to come in their way, is at the time of their copulation, which is generally about this time of the year.
- To complicate the situation, the cow emits a “postcopulatory rumble” after copulation, which is thought to invite a challenging bull that might be bigger and therefore preferred.
- “What if you get AIDS?” she fretted, completely ignorant of or at least neglecting the fact that female-female copulation is virtually STD-transmission-free, fully focused on AIDS as “the gay disease” or, at the very least, “the promiscuous people’s disease,” and naturally since I am bisexual I’m also promiscuous, because all true bisexuals are.