autocopulation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
auto- + copulation
Noun[edit]
autocopulation (uncountable)
- (zoology) Sexual intercourse with oneself.
- 1946, The American Midland Naturalist, volume 36, page 480:
- In some instances snails kept in solitary culture were observed attempting what appeared to be autocopulation, […]