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copulate [ˈkɒpjʊˌleɪt] vb
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (intr) to perform sexual intercourse [from Latin copulāre to join together; see copula] copulation n copulatory adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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A recent piece in which the artist copulates with a collector has occasioned all manner of hand-wringing among her apologists, many of whom undoubtedly feel she's gone and spoiled everything with her "tacky" stunt. Among gorillas, for example, one female copulates with one male during a given fertile period. The iconicity of a eugenically perfect white body-a Bahktinian "classical" body which shows no ruptures or orifices, which is smooth and whole-transforms in Hurston's Seraph into a more grotesque, white trash body--one which eats, copulates, gives birth, defecates, and is melancholic. |
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