Meaning & use
copulating
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Engaging in sexual intercourse or mating, a term used especially in biological and zoological contexts.
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The documentary showed two dragonflies copulating mid-flight.
Researchers observed the frogs copulating shortly after the first spring rains.
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Widely used in biology and medicine as a neutral, clinical term for mating behavior across species, from insects to mammals.
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mating
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