sexual union

1. The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes (synset 100848970)
   "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
   is a type of: sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse
   subtypes:

   • assortative mating - mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating
   • disassortative mating - mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random mating
   • cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
   • inbreeding - the act of mating closely related individuals
   • service, servicing - the act of mating by male animals
   same as: conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, union

Other Searches

• Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
• Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
• Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing