functional necrophilia

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From sexual mating with a corpse (ie. necrophilia), resulting in viable offspring (ie. functional).

Noun[edit]

functional necrophilia (uncountable)

  1. (biology) A reproductive strategy in some amphibians wherein the male will inseminate a fresh newly-dead female corpse, fertilizing the still viable eggs, and then squeezing the corpse to eject the newly fertilized eggs into the water.