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functional necrophilia

functional necrophilia noun: a reproductive strategy in some amphibians wherein the male will inseminate a fresh newly-dead female corpse, fertilizing the still viable eggs, and then squeezing the corpse to eject the newly fertilized eggs into the water.

Noun

functional necrophilia (uncountable)

  1. A reproductive strategy in some amphibians wherein the male will inseminate a fresh newly-dead female corpse, fertilizing the still viable eggs, and then squeezing the corpse to eject the newly fertilized eggs into the water.

Origin of functional necrophilia

From sexual mating with a corpse (ie. necrophilia), resulting in viable offspring (ie. functional).

Questions about functional necrophilia

What does functional necrophilia mean?
Functional necrophilia means a reproductive strategy in some amphibians wherein the male will inseminate a fresh newly-dead female corpse, fertilizing the still viable eggs, and then squeezing the corpse to eject the newly fertilized eggs into the water.
What part of speech is functional necrophilia?
Functional necrophilia is a noun.

Words near functional necrophilia in the dictionary

  1. functional magnetic resonance imaging
  2. functional magnetic-resonance imaging
  3. functional medicine
  4. functional MR imaging
  5. functional music
  6. functional necrophilia
  7. functional neurological disorder
  8. functional neurological symptom disorder
  9. functional programming
  10. functional psychology
  11. functional requirement

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