sexual union

Thesaurus

Noun

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sexual union - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"mating, pairing, union, coupling, conjugationsex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat"assortative mating - mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random matingdisassortative mating - mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random matinghybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding, crossbreeding, crossing, cross - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybridsinbreeding - the act of mating closely related individualsservicing, service - the act of mating by male animals; "the bull was worth good money in servicing fees"