traumatic insemination

English

Etymology

From traumatic +‎ insemination, because of the traumatic injury to the female.

Noun

traumatic insemination (usually uncountable, plural traumatic inseminations)

  1. (biology) A method of insemination in some invertebrates, whereby the male stabs the body of the female in random locations to inject the sperm, thereby causing trauma to the female.

Synonyms

  • hypodermic insemination
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