copulation

Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural copulations)

(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.

Origin

From Middle French copulation

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(Chlamydomonadidae).Copulation of two liberated microgonidia.
There are thus two female openings, one for copulation, the other for oviposition, as well as a male opening.
In this duct and sac the spermatophores received in copulation from another snail are lodged.
It is supposed to act in some way as a stimulant in copulation, but possibly has to do with the calcareous covering of the egg-capsule.
Spermatheca or receptacle of the sperm in copulation, opening into the female duct.

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