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pair bond
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pair bond
n.
The temporary or permanent association formed between a female and male animal during courtship and mating.

pair bonding n.

pair bond
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the exclusive relationship formed between a male and a female, esp in some species of animals and birds during courtship and breeding
pair bonding  n


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In doing so, negative emotions provide the motivation for social behavioral adjustments that can still keep the human pairbond together in maintaining their reproductive investment, when deeply rooted differences in optimal short-term mating strategies might otherwise tear them apart.
Although the rodents seem to pairbond for life, a female will take a new partner if the male dies, for example, notes Tilghman.
Other writers have attempted to explain the function and evolutionary value of female orgasm, and typically concluded that female orgasm is an unintended evolutionary byproduct or evolved to strengthen pairbonds, (e.
 
 
 
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