mating bite

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Noun

mating bite (plural mating bites)

  1. (zoology) A bite performed during copulation in certain species.
    • 1997, Harry W. Greene, Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature‎, page 127:
      Differences in courtship behavior among higher taxa include use of the spurs by male pythons and boas, mating bites by some colubrids,
    • 2004, Mark Carwardine, Shark‎, page 63:
      Most of the wounds inflicted by these mating bites heal fairly quickly, but sometimes they can be quite severe.
    • 2017, Jose I. Castro, The Sharks of North America‎, page 436:
      Females bearing mating bites are seen from early May to early August, with the majority seen in May.
  2. (fiction) In speculative erotica, a bite given by one person to another to form a permanent bond, typically leaving a scar or mark.
    • 2017, Cynthia Eden, Forbidden Bite, unnumbered page:
      “When the mating bites are exchanged, the two souls link. Then the werewolf can live as long as his vampire mate.”
    • 2019, Tessa Barone, "Just Go Find Yourself a Nice Alpha: Gender and Consent in Supernatural Fandom's Alpha/Beta/Omega Universe", thesis submitted to Oregon State University, page 10:
      Once mated with another character, characters have the option of performing the “mating bite,” which irreversibly bonds the lovers to one another.
    • 2021, Marcy Jacks, Mating for Convenience‎, page 36:
      He sucked a hickey along the side of Ash's throat, right where his mating bite would soon go.

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