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intromission

[‚in·trə′mish·ən]
(zoology)
The act or process of inserting one body into another, specifically, of the penis into the vagina.
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of mounts + intromissions from the male Frequency of lateral kicks by the female to the face of the male (per minute) Table 3.
(ii) Intromission: this is the thrusting of the pelvic region of the male rat into pelvic region of the female followed by the penetration of the erect penis into the female's vagina.
(48) Optical intromission is again invoked as the spirits '[i]mage by glaunces into him our glories, their distresse': this time, the 'abstract formes' perceive themselves as superior, looking at man--imaging 'by glaunces'--to see their own 'glories' by contrast.
Intromission behavior: Intromission latency (IL) was calculated as the time when first intromission was observed after introduction of female in the cage.
After declaring (13) in its First article, point One, that the right to one's own image "shall be given civil protection from all types of illegal intromissions" (specifically by means of "the legal protection procedure envisaged in article 9 of this Act," according to the current text of article 1.2 of the OL), article 1.3 of the OL then proclaims that this right is "unrenounceable, inalienable and imprescriptible," and therefore "The renouncement of the protection envisaged in this Act shall be invalid, without prejudice to the cases of authorisation or consent referred to in the second article of this Act."
This shift is pointed out by a deictic dissonance, without any intromission by the narrator.
Only occurred after copulation ended; male left without attempting further intromissions.
Both the duration of pre-intromission courtship and the frequency of aborted intromissions differed between field and captivity in at least one species.
Changes in male mating behavior included shortening of latency to intromission and increased intromissions.
According to figure 2B, there were no significant differences among the groups on number of intromission in 40 min.
If the male mounts the female and palpates her flanks with his front legs, she will assume the full lordosis position (Figure 13-1B) and the male will attempt intromission. The female will then dart a short distance away from the male and then crouch again to solicit the male.