heterospermic

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adjective

Containing a mixture of semen from two or more male animals

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Meanings

adjectiveheterospermic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableContaining a mixture of semen from two or more male animals

    After 48 hours, female animals were artificially inseminated with a heterospermic pool of semen from male animals of the same line to randomize male effect.

    2016 February 6, “Development of Cheaper Embryo Vitrification Device Using the Minimum Volume Method”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hetero- + -spermic.

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APA

heterospermic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heterospermic

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“heterospermic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heterospermic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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