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recopulate

recopulate verb: to copulate again.

Verb

recopulate (third-person singular simple present recopulates, present participle recopulating, simple past and past participle recopulated)

  1. (intransitive) To copulate again.
    • In this species, as in Nysius vinitor and delectus, the male and female copulate end to end, both dorsal and horizontal. They can recopulate several times with the same partner.1907, Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society: 1905-1908, page 146
    • As a result, females needed to recopulate to replenish their sperm supplies sooner than they would otherwise have done.2000, Tim Birkhead, Promiscuity: An Evolutionary History of Sperm Competition, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 197

Forms of recopulate

third-person singular presentrecopulates
present participlerecopulating
past participlerecopulated
pastrecopulated

Origin of recopulate

From re- + copulate.

Words formed from recopulate

  • recopulation

Questions about recopulate

What does recopulate mean?
Recopulate means to copulate again.
What part of speech is recopulate?
Recopulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of recopulate?
The past tense of recopulate is recopulated.

Words near recopulate in the dictionary

  1. recoppers
  2. recoppice
  3. recoppiced
  4. recoppices
  5. recoppicing
  6. recopulate
  7. recopulated
  8. recopulates
  9. recopulating
  10. recopy
  11. recopying

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