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extrapair

extrapair adjective: occurring outside of a stable pairing.

Adjective

extrapair (not comparable)

  1. Occurring outside of a stable pairing.
    • But in a few instances, females were observed in extrapair copulations, after which they'd take a rock or two back to their own nest and the male wouldn't attack.2019, Sara Pascoe, Sex Power Money

Forms of extrapair

alternative formextra-pair

Origin of extrapair

From extra- + pair.

Questions about extrapair

What does extrapair mean?
Extrapair means occurring outside of a stable pairing.
What part of speech is extrapair?
Extrapair is an adjective.

Words near extrapair in the dictionary

  1. extraosseously
  2. extraovarial
  3. extraovarially
  4. extraovarian
  5. extraovular
  6. extrapair
  7. extrapalate
  8. extrapallial
  9. extrapancreatic
  10. extrapancreatobiliary
  11. extrapapillary

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