recopulate

verb

recopulate

verb

Etymology From re- + copulate.

1

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:
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  • After a period of oviposition, males will recopulate and perform a further series of tapping bouts, followed by another bout of oviposition.2001, Leigh W. Simmons, Sperm Competition and Its Evolutionary Consequences in the Insects, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 178:

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