as in sex
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
studied the frequency of coition in animals that mate for life
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Recent Examples of coition
Put another way, the three latest Brood X generation map perfectly to milestones in my life cycle: birth, coition, procreation.
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Ross Kenneth Urken, Scientific American, 14 June 2021
But the course of the hunt itself is unnameable and uncontrollable, like coition.
—Roberto Calasso, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
Ross Kenneth Urken, Scientific American, 14 June 2021
But the course of the hunt itself is unnameable and uncontrollable, like coition.
—Roberto Calasso, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
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“Coition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coition. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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