intromission
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Among the tuatara’s unusual reptilian traits are the relatively simple structure of its heart and lungs, the somewhat froggy style of its gait and the absence of any sort of male intromission organ, or penis.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2010
"What, this lawless intromission to our face, and in our council too?" cried the baron.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
To effect the former purpose, he made his only practical intromission in local politics, and made it unsuccessfully.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Andrew Lang
Her first intromission in politics—but I must not tell you that story, the authorities have decided you are to hear it otherwise and from a livelier narrator.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
"All about what?—all about what?" said Delia, whose attempt to represent happy ignorance was menaced by an intromission of ferocity.
From The Reverberator by Henry James
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