Copulation meaning

(countable) The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
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(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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Origin of copulation

  • From Middle French copulation
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Copulation Sentence Examples

  • There are thus two female openings, one for copulation, the other for oviposition, as well as a male opening.

  • It is probable that they acquire special sensibility at the breeding season and serve as " guides " in copulation.

  • age of the male modified to b, Fused terga of the prosoma subserve copulation.

  • Eggs deposited in a cocoon after copulation.

  • In this duct and sac the spermatophores received in copulation from another snail are lodged.

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