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  • noun Sex between any two (or more) humanoids of different species in science fiction.

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Examples

  • The wizard never did learn their speech, barring a few basic words like "flup" and "rishathra," but he wore a necklace that spoke like a teacher before they reached the village.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • The Thurl asked, "How do your people deal with rishathra?"

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • And the great thing about variety was that rishathra wouldn't work at all if it required an elaborate dance.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • The Grass Giants had begun exploring each other, outside the rishathra pattern -- as she and Kay were -- and Tegger and, Warvia were talking, just talking.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • Valavirgillin knew him, too ... knew him better, since rishathra was among her skills.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • He clearly wasn't interested in rishathra, or Ghouls, either, Vala thought.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • They shared rishathra with the species they met, but mating was something else.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • The tale tells of heroes of their own species who invented rishathra and ended war, and it tells that their own species has practiced rishathra ever since.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • The only Red Herder woman who ever engaged in rishathra, and all his for the night.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

  • Morning was Sawur's time for rishathra, and Louis needed this in the worst way.

    The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996

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  • a term that originated in Larry Niven's Ringworld books to mean specifically "sex for fun with humanoids of species you're not cross-fertile with" but has achieved some wider prevalance as a term for sex with aliens in general, humanoid or not. -via

    December 5, 2010