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- noun Plural form of
copulation .
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Examples
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They have a short lifespan (approximately 48 hours) and a large-enough supply of sperm so as not to become completely tapped out during this short time (it takes a total of about 13 copulations for him to be spent), drastically decreasing the need to discern between sexual and asexual females.
Carin Bondar: No Eggs? No Problem! Carin Bondar 2012
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 They have a short lifespan (approximately 48 hours) and a large-enough supply of sperm so as not to become completely tapped out during this short time (it takes a total of about 13 copulations for him to be spent), drastically decreasing the need to discern between sexual and asexual females.
Carin Bondar: No Eggs? No Problem! Carin Bondar 2012
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ÂMany members of the animal kingdom are 'doing it' with mediocre mates on a daily basis for a variety of reasons including the lack of ability to find someone better, forced copulations, social protocols and much more.
Carin Bondar: Is Your Crappy Boyfriend Stressing You Out? You Are Not Alone... Carin Bondar 2012
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Many members of the animal kingdom are 'doing it' with mediocre mates on a daily basis for a variety of reasons including the lack of ability to find someone better, forced copulations, social protocols and much more.
Carin Bondar: Is Your Crappy Boyfriend Stressing You Out? You Are Not Alone... Carin Bondar 2012
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Sure enough, Crumb draws the incestuous copulations.
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb » Comics Worth Reading 2009
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While the British and French studies measured male reproductive success by observed successful copulations, the Japanese one estimated the number of successful copulations, based on female pre-copulatory behavior.
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Small differences in number of successful copulations have greater weight because the very low variation makes determining any kind of selection very difficult.
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And macaque male monkeys ejaculate in scarcely half of their copulations.
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Male wasp spiders place a chastity belt on their partner while copulating, thus preventing the females from further copulations.
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Norwegian scientists find that some 60 percent of bluethroat females indulged in "extra-pair copulations."
Science Notes 2008
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