主な意味では、mate, have sex, breed, pair, couple, make love などが類義語である。
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Tawny Iguana
Jul 6
for frogs and toads, the word I kept seeing in herp papers is amplexus. its the clasping part while eggs and sperm get released, so copulate can be a bit too blunt there
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Perky Heron
Jul 8
same for horseshoe crabs btw, amplexus isnt only a frog word
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Cobalt Shrew
Jun 27
grammar bit that trips people up: if you name the partner, it is usually copulate with. The mantis copulated with the female, not copulated the female. I would also not use copulate each other, sounds like a bad translation
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Rapid Meerkat
Jun 28
yep, my bio prof used to mark that one. mate with is the safer verb if youre unsure