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- noun biology Any of various processes, amongst diverse animals, in which male
gametes are passed from one individual to another - noun biology The process by which an
insect (such as a bee) attempts tomate with aflower (such as an orchid) thatmimics a female insect, and in doing sopollinates the plant
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Examples
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"What happens here is that two female Whiptail Lizards will engage in "pseudocopulation" in which one female gets on top of another and grinds away like a male, and then they reverse their respective roles.
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That pseudocopulation brings to mind those supposedly triple A-rated bundled mortgage CDOs packaged by Wall Street to look like the sexiest investment on the Street.
Kenny Ausubel: The Sting: Social Biomimicry and The Role of Fraud in Nature Kenny Ausubel 2011
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That pseudocopulation brings to mind those supposedly triple A-rated bundled mortgage CDOs packaged by Wall Street to look like the sexiest investment on the Street.
Kenny Ausubel: The Sting: Social Biomimicry and The Role of Fraud in Nature Kenny Ausubel 2011
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Meanwhile they spread the wily orchids' pollen in fruitless grand rounds of "pseudocopulation" that don't get no satisfaction, at least not for them.
Kenny Ausubel: The Sting: Social Biomimicry and The Role of Fraud in Nature Kenny Ausubel 2011
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Meanwhile they spread the wily orchids' pollen in fruitless grand rounds of "pseudocopulation" that don't get no satisfaction, at least not for them.
Kenny Ausubel: The Sting: Social Biomimicry and The Role of Fraud in Nature Kenny Ausubel 2011
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In the text books they call it parthenogenetic unisexual pseudocopulation, or uniparens (one parent).
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Who hasn't experienced the miseries of pseudocopulation?
Pseudocopulation and proprioception. Ann Althouse 2008
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O. bombyliflora, the bumblebee orchid, depends on its ability to look and smell like female bumblebees so that nearby males are duped into pseudocopulation.
Archive 2006-08-01 2006
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Encounters between taxa need not benefit both sides; as in the case of pseudocopulation, one party loses altogether.
Archive 2006-08-01 2006
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Encounters between taxa need not benefit both sides; as in the case of pseudocopulation, one party loses altogether.
Ophrys 2006
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