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PRONUNCIATION OF PSEUDOCOPULATION

pseudocopulation  [ˌsjuːdəʊˌkɒpjʊˈleɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PSEUDOCOPULATION

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Pseudocopulation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PSEUDOCOPULATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pseudocopulation

Pseudocopulation

Pseudocopulation describes behaviors similar to copulation that serve a reproductive function for one or both participants but do not involve actual sexual union between the individuals. It is most generally applied to a pollinator attempting to copulate with a flower. Some flowers mimic a potential female mate visually, but the key stimuli are often chemical and tactile. This form of mimicry in plants is called Pouyannian mimicry. Orchids commonly achieve reproduction in this manner, secreting chemicals from glands called osmophores located in the sepals, petals, or labellum, that are indistinguishable from the insect's natural pheromones. The pollinator then has a pollinium attached to its body, which it transfers to the stigma of another flower when it attempts another 'copulation'. Pollinators are often bees and wasps of the order Hymenoptera, and flies. The cost to the pollinating insects might be seen as negligible, but study of Cryptostylis pollinators shows that they may waste large amounts of sperm by ejaculating onto the flower.

Definition of pseudocopulation in the English dictionary

The definition of pseudocopulation in the dictionary is pollination of plants, esp orchids, by male insects while attempting to mate with flowers that resemble the female insect.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PSEUDOCOPULATION


calculation
ˌkælkjʊˈleɪʃən
cancellation
ˌkænsɪˈleɪʃən
circulation
ˌsɜːkjʊˈleɪʃən
compilation
ˌkɒmpɪˈleɪʃən
correlation
ˌkɒrɪˈleɪʃən
formulation
ˌfɔːmjʊˈleɪʃən
installation
ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən
insulation
ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən
isolation
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən
legislation
ˌlɛdʒɪsˈleɪʃən
manipulation
məˌnɪpjʊˈleɪʃən
musculation
ˌmʌskjʊˈleɪʃən
mutilation
ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃən
population
ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən
regulation
ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən
relation
rɪˈleɪʃən
simulation
ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪʃən
translation
trænsˈleɪʃən
ventilation
ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃən
violation
ˌvaɪəˈleɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PSEUDOCOPULATION

pseudoarthroses
pseudoarthrosis
pseudobulb
pseudocarp
pseudocarpous
pseudocide
pseudoclassic
pseudocode
pseudocoel
pseudocoelomate
pseudocyeses
pseudocyesis
pseudoephedrine
pseudograph
pseudography
pseudohermaphrodite
pseudohermaphroditism
pseudologia
pseudologue
pseudology

WORDS THAT END LIKE PSEUDOCOPULATION

accreditation
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administration
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certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
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creation
decoration
destination
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Synonyms and antonyms of pseudocopulation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pseudocopulation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PSEUDOCOPULATION

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The translations of pseudocopulation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pseudocopulation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pseudocopulation
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pseudocopulación
570 millions of speakers

English

pseudocopulation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pseudocopulation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جماع كاذب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pseudocopulation
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pseudocópula
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pseudocopulation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pseudocopulation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pseudocopulation
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pseudocopulation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pseudocopulation
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pseudocopulation
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pseudocopulation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pseudocopulation
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्यूडोोकॉप्युलेशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

psödokopulasyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pseudocopulation
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pseudocopulation
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pseudocopulation
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pseudocopulation
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pseudocopulation
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pseudocopulation
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pseudocopulation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pseudocopulation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pseudocopulation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PSEUDOCOPULATION»

The term «pseudocopulation» is used very little and occupies the 192.063 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PSEUDOCOPULATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pseudocopulation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSEUDOCOPULATION»

Discover the use of pseudocopulation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pseudocopulation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal ...
homosexual mounting See copulation: pseudocopulation: homosexual pseudocopulation. ♢ homosexual pseudocopulation See copulation: pseudocopulation: homosexual pseudocopulation. ♢ homosymbiosis See symbiosis: homosymbiosis.
Edward M. Barrows, 2011
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Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles
Although the cytogenetic mechanism initiating development is unknown in parthenogenetic squamates, a rather strange behavior, pseudocopulation, in which one female behaves as a male and attempts to mate with another female, occurs ...
Laurie J. Vitt, Janalee P. Caldwell, 2013
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Articles on Mimicry, Including: Camouflage, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
4
Reproductive Strategies and Developmental Patterns in Annelids
Dorvilleids in the genus Ophryotrocha are well known for their pseudocopulation. during which eggs and sperm are deposited into a cocoon tAkesson. 1973: Westheide. 1984). The sperm of all members of Ophryotmcha are immotile and ...
Adriaan W.C. Dorresteijn, Wilfried Westheide, 1999
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An Atlas of Orchid Pollination: European Orchids
It is now thought that pseudocopulation could have evolved independently in the two groups. Genus Arthrochilus The genus contains six Australian species, two of which are undescribed. Two of the known species extend into New Guinea.
Nelis A. Van Der Cingel, 2001
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Advances in Botanical Research
529 O. fragrans, seed morphology 7: 425 O.funerea, seed morphology T. 427 O. fusca, pseudocopulation 7: 562. 565 O. grande, effect of auxin in culture 7: 460 O. insectifera pseudocopulation 7: 563 ultrastructure 7: 501 O. lactifolia carbon ...
J. A. Callow, 2003
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Molecular Parsimony Underlying Behavioral Plasticity
Behavioral testing In all experiments, animals were tested for both male-like pseudocopulation and female-like receptivity. To test for male-like pseudocopulation, a receptive stimulus animal (ovariectomized and estradiol- injected) was ...
Brian George Dias, 2008
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Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis
Spermatophores may be transferred during copulation or pseudocopulation, or are released into the water column to be gathered by the female. They may be stored in sperm receptacles (spermathecae) or attached to the epidermis.
Pamela L. Beesley, Graham J. B. Ross, Christopher J. Glasby, 2000
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Biology of Pollen
during the act of pseudocopulation (Van Der Pi j L and Dodson 1969). Due to a close and specific relation between the insect pollinator and the orchid blossom acting as pseudofcmale. each orchid species is specialized for a particular insect  ...
A. K. Shukla, M. R. Vijayaraghavan, B. Chaudhry, 1998
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Plant Ecology
The genus can be divided into two on the basis of the behaviour of the male during pseudocopulation: (i) males align head-first on the labellum and the pollinia are attached to the insect's forehead (section Eusphrys); (ii) males align tail-first ...
Mick Crawley, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PSEUDOCOPULATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pseudocopulation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Orchids use sexual trickery to ensure efficiency in pollination
These orchids are unusual because of their success in reproducing using pseudocopulation, mimicking the female of a particular insect species so well that the ... «Digital Journal, Feb 15»
2
'Science and Beauty' explains why bugs, humans love orchids
Psychopsis orchids look a whole lot like butterflies, and they probably evolved to trick gullible bugs into pollinating them through pseudocopulation. These ... «Washington Times, Jan 15»
3
Smithsonian's 'Interlocking Science and Beauty' explains why bugs …
Psychopsis orchids look a whole lot like butterflies, and they probably evolved to trick gullible bugs into pollinating them through pseudocopulation. «Washington Post, Jan 15»
4
Climate change causes bees to fall out of sync with flowering plants
... bees are deceived into inadvertently pollinating orchid flowers during what we call 'pseudocopulation'. But this process could be disrupted by climate change. «Phys.Org, Nov 14»
5
Beyond Bees: 4 Surprising Facts About Pollination
Duping insects into trying to have sex with them is one—a phenomenon known as pseudocopulation. Flowers of the mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) do this by ... «NatGeo News Watch, Jun 14»
6
Chelsea Flower Show: a hostage to his passions
The result bears such a remarkable resemblance to a bee that the insects are seduced into pseudocopulation with the flower of many Ophrys species and, in the ... «Financial Times, May 13»
7
Otton Frog, Endangered Japanese Species, Sports Thumb Spikes …
... females to hold on during amplexus — a form of pseudocopulation in which the males mount the female and fertilize her eggs as, or soon after, she lays them. «Huffington Post, Oct 12»
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Spider, Butterfly Orchids on Behind-the-Scenes Tour
There's even a fun word for it: pseudocopulation. Either way, the orchid succeeds in getting its seeds distributed to continue the life cycle. We got to see a hybrid ... «National Geographic, Sep 12»
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Pseudocopulation orchid gets mimicry to the molecular level
Drakea Dr Phillips says the team will now take other Drakaea orchids and use them in combination with visual and behavioural studies to understand the ... «Science Network Western Australia, May 12»
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The Sting: Social Biomimicry and The Role of Fraud in Nature
Meanwhile they spread the wily orchids' pollen in fruitless grand rounds of "pseudocopulation" that don't get no satisfaction, at least not for them. «Huffington Post, Oct 11»

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