postcopulatory love

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  • adjective Occurring after copulation

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Examples

  • To complicate the situation, the cow emits a “postcopulatory rumble” after copulation, which is thought to invite a challenging bull that might be bigger and therefore preferred.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • To complicate the situation, the cow emits a “postcopulatory rumble” after copulation, which is thought to invite a challenging bull that might be bigger and therefore preferred.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • To complicate the situation, the cow emits a “postcopulatory rumble” after copulation, which is thought to invite a challenging bull that might be bigger and therefore preferred.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • To complicate the situation, the cow emits a “postcopulatory rumble” after copulation, which is thought to invite a challenging bull that might be bigger and therefore preferred.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • I really don't know what to write about something that includes quotes like, "The complex sperm design, which includes stiff lateral bristles, is likely a male persistence trait associated with sexual conflicts over the fate of received ejaculates and linked to female resistance traits, namely an intriguing postcopulatory sucking behavior and a thickened epithelium of the sperm-receiving organ."

    Ars Technica John Timmer 2011

  • I really don't know what to write about something that includes quotes like, "The complex sperm design, which includes stiff lateral bristles, is likely a male persistence trait associated with sexual conflicts over the fate of received ejaculates and linked to female resistance traits, namely an intriguing postcopulatory sucking behavior and a thickened epithelium of the sperm-receiving organ."

    Ars Technica John Timmer 2011

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