copulation

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Snails also exhibit no outward gender identity until the moment of copulation.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2021

This "forced extra-pair copulation," as it's known, is a fairly rare strategy across birds as a whole.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2021

Competition for females is tough among these polygynous birds, and those who settle down in a single spot had little chance of copulation.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2017

They tie up the female before copulation, immobilizing her legs by wrapping them in strong spider silk so they can copulate and escape with their lives before the female gets free.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2016

In the laboratory, male gypsy moths have attempted copulation with chips of wood, vermiculite, and other small, inanimate objects, so long as they were suitably impregnated with gyplure.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson