单词 | supersaliency |
释义 | † supersaliencyn. Obsolete. rare. The act (on the part of a male animal) of mounting a female. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > copulation > covering covering1552 leap1607 supersaliency1646 service1696 insult1697 skip1844 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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