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单词 supersaliency
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supersaliencyn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, salient adj., -ency suffix.
Etymology: < super- prefix + salient adj.: see -ency suffix. Compare later saliency n., supersalient adj.
Obsolete. rare.
The act (on the part of a male animal) of mounting a female.
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1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. i. 107 Their [sc. elephants'] coition is made by supersaliency like that of horses. View more context for this quotation
1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) 247 Rig, among quadrupeds, to perform the act of supersaliency only, to back.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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