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inseminate

[in-sem-uh-nayt] / ɪnˈsɛm əˌneɪt /
VERB
impregnate
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Male bedbugs also display homosexual behaviour, and even try to inseminate other species.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2023

She had hoped to artificially inseminate ocelots at three zoos as part of a project to save these small, elegant spotted cats in the wild.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 4, 2023

But the timing was crucial: Females usually lay two or three eggs and the moment one egg is laid is the right time to inseminate the next one.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 8, 2022

“If we can take sperm from one male and inseminate a female from another location, we can keep their gene flow moving and keep the population more healthy,” Vansandt said.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2021

Use 0.1 c.c. of the mixed liquor to inseminate each of a series of three nutrose surface plates.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre

If a breeder inseminates cows with semen from an infertile bull, the cows will not become pregnant.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024

Female orcas kept captive in marine zoos can be artificially inseminated to breed more calves, which can later be used to attract more visitors and perform in shows.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025

In Switzerland, around 800,000 cows are artificially inseminated every year.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024

Reeves and Swanson artificially inseminated nine zoo ocelots with sperm from the wild Texas animals in 2021 and 2022, and no pregnancies resulted.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 4, 2023

In 2012, she was artificially inseminated after unsuccessful natural breeding with Tian Tian and became the first giant panda in the country to give birth after the use of frozen semen, experts said.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022

Richalé married a girl that he had studied with, at the beginning of the same year that Dioneza was artificially inseminated.

From Scorched Earth by Walter D. Petrovic

And with each insemination costing 80 Swiss francs, that can soon eat up a breeder's budget: a typical Swiss dairy farm spends several thousand Swiss francs a year on artificially inseminating its herd of cows.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024

Kiken is one of about a half-dozen doctors who have been publicly accused of covertly inseminating patients with their own sperm.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2020

They had collected it with the intention of artificially inseminating the females, including southern white rhinos.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2020

Currently, Colorado has no specific law against doctors using their own sperm when inseminating a woman from an “anonymous” donor.

From Fox News ● Oct. 29, 2019

He stopped practicing in 2014, one year after his license was suspended for two months after he admitted inseminating four women with the wrong sperm.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2018


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