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recopulating

recopulating is the present participle and gerund of recopulate.

Meaning of recopulate

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

Questions about recopulating

What is recopulating the present participle and gerund of?
Recopulating is the present participle and gerund of recopulate.

Words near recopulating in the dictionary

  1. recoppices
  2. recoppicing
  3. recopulate
  4. recopulated
  5. recopulates
  6. recopulating
  7. recopy
  8. recopying
  9. recopyings
  10. recopyright
  11. recopyrighted

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