precopulatory
adjective
pre·cop·u·la·to·ry ˌprē-ˈkä-pyə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē 
variants or pre-copulatory
: existing or occurring before an act of copulating
precopulatory competition among male rats
Word History
First Known Use
1914, in the meaning defined above
- de-emphasis
- de-emphasize
- de-emphasized
- de-emphasizes
- de-emphasizing
- de-emulsify
- de-energize
- de-energized
- de-energizes
- de-energizing
- de-escalate
- de-escalated
- de-escalates
- de-escalating
- de-escalation
- de-escalations
- de-escalator
- de-escalatory
- de-esterification
- de-esterify
- de-ethanize
- de-ethanizer
- de-ethicize
- De-ion
- de-leaf