[
US
/ˌɪnˈsɛməˌneɪt/
]
[ UK /ɪnsˈɛmɪnˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /ɪnsˈɛmɪnˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
- introduce semen into (a female)
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place seeds in or on (the ground)
sow the ground with sunflower seeds
How To Use inseminate In A Sentence
- Here, the models predict that males should transfer the least sperm when there are no other competitors and the most sperm when only one other male is likely to inseminate the female.
- However, there are both conflicts and congruences of interest between the sexes when cannibalism occurs after the male has inseminated the female.
- a surrogate mother is artificially inseminated with the father's semen and carries the fetus to term
- The idea of being 'inseminated' definitely bothers me, because it feels like a violation of my bodily integrity ... Tick Tock that Biological Clock - Feministing
- An experimental study in the domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) found that paternity success varied across females, which were inseminated with equal numbers of sperm from two males.
- To ensure that we counted all sperm transferred, we assessed the number of sperm contained in both the inseminated spermatheca and the associated insemination ducts.
- As of this writing, "Kung Fu Panda 2" is playing in theaters everywhere, and Washington, D.C., is consumed with anxiety about the possible pregnancy of Mei Xiang, the periodically artificially inseminated panda at the National Zoological Park—even after the heartbreak of having her previous cub returned to China, as the agreement with the Chinese requires all progeny to be. China's Cuddly Emissaries
- Yet, somehow, she made her character seem plausible, complex and (most remarkably) real, despite having to play scenes where she was attacked by yetis, slimed on by mutant moths and even inseminated with an alien baby.
- Adult males emerge from their puparia and fly off to inseminate a female through the brood canal opening in her cephalothorax.
- Although the sneakier males don't inseminate as many eggs as their rivals do, it is still an effective tactic, researchers report today in BMC Evolutionary Biology.