copulation

Example Sentences

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While males are aggressive with each other, they aren’t aggressive toward females and do not force copulations, despite being twice the size of their mating partners.

From New York Times

The highly promiscuous ruddy ducks never form pair bonds, and almost all copulations are forced.

From National Geographic

Based on the assumptions that all copulations are successful and that females produce only one offspring per mating, the Bateman slope at birth equals 1.

From Science Magazine

Second, they determined whether the formant frequencies were predictive of dominance, number of successful copulations, and number of offspring sired.

From Scientific American

Lesser scaups do form pair bonds, and attempt forced copulations with other females somewhat less often.

From National Geographic