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English
Etymology
From retro- + copulation.
Pronunciation
Noun
retrocopulation (uncountable)
- (zoology) Copulation from behind.
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: , 2nd edition, London: A Miller, for Edw Dod and Nath Ekins, , →OCLC:Now from the nature of this position, there ensueth a necessitie of Retrocopulation, which also promoteth the conceit. For some observing them to couple without ascension, have not been able to judge of male or female […]
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