What is "copulates"

Usage examples of "copulates".

For instance, a female Barbary macaque in estrus copulates with every adult male in her troop and makes no effort to conceal each copulation from other males.

The mating system of some species of birds, frogs, fish, and insects (as well as some bats and antelope) resembles a singles bar—at a traditional site, termed a "lek," many males maintain stations and compete for the attention of visiting females, each of which chooses a mate (often the same preferred male chosen by many other females), copulates with him, and then goes off to rear the resulting offspring without his assistance.

In the spring a male finds a good nest hole, stakes out his territory around it, woos a female, and copulates with her.

Hence the male finds another nest hole nearby, courts another female (termed his secondary female), and copulates with her.

In contrast, if a male Pied Flycatcher temporarily leaves his mate (for instance, to find food), then on the average another male enters his territory in ten minutes and copulates with his mate in thirty-four minutes.

It's a good try, my barbarian witch," and the Wolf heard the shirdar inflection in the word, the meaning of one who copulates with devils to buy power.

While the murderous female peels away the web, he mounts her, copulates and makes his getaway.