copulate
Americanverb (used without object)
adjective
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of copulate
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin cōpulātus bound together. See copula, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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For example, male peacocks with spectacularly feathered tails get sexually selected more often to copulate with fertile females than do less well-ornamented males.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2022
Now, they have more information on how adults copulate, when they come back to feed their young, and how often they incubate the chicks.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2021
“The diseased males will also attempt to copulate with the uninfected females, exposing them to even more spores,” UConn’s research team said in a statement.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2020
About five percent of crows will attempt to copulate with other crows that have joined the choir invisible.
From Scientific American • Jul. 30, 2018
He accepts Aitcheson's statement that the Macacus rhesus, in Simla, copulates in October, and adds that in the very different climate of the plains it appears to copulate in May.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock
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