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動詞

recopulate (三人称単数 現在形 recopulates, 現在分詞 recopulating, 過去形および過去分詞形 recopulated)

1. to copulate again.
   • 1907, Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society: 1905-1908, page 146:

     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.

   • 2000, Tim Birkhead, Promiscuity: An Evolutionary History of Sperm Competition, Harvard University Press (→ISBN), page 197:

     As a result, females needed to recopulate to replenish their sperm supplies sooner than they would otherwise have done.

   • 2001, Leigh W. Simmons, Sperm Competition and Its Evolutionary Consequences in the Insects, Princeton University Press (→ISBN), page 178:

     After a period of oviposition, males will recopulate and perform a further series of tapping bouts, followed by another bout of oviposition.