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SEXUAL UNION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
Example:
the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
Synonyms:
conjugation; coupling; mating; pairing; sexual union; union
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sexual union" is a kind of...):
sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sexual union"):
assortative mating (mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating)
disassortative mating (mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random mating)
cross; crossbreeding; crossing; hybridisation; hybridization; hybridizing; interbreeding ((genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids)
inbreeding (the act of mating closely related individuals)
