| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | co·i·tus |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k   -t s, k- - |
| NOUN: | Sexual union between a male and a female involving insertion of the penis into the vagina. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin, from past participle of co re, to copulate : co-, co- + re, to go, come; see ei- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | coi·tal —ADJECTIVE
coi·tal·ly —ADVERB
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