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Meanings of external fertilization in English

Russian
внешнее оплодотворение
Portuguese
fertilização externa
Catalan
fecundació externa
Spanish
fecundación externa

Male organism’s sperm fertilizing a female organism’s egg outside of the female’s body.

        внешнее оплодотворение
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        Examples for "internal fertilization"
        Examples for "internal fertilization"
        1
        And internal fertilization can be a bit difficult if you don't have limbs to help you grasp your partner.
        Wired
        2
        Like sharks the skeletons of chimaeras are composed of cartilage, and the males have claspers for internal fertilization of females.
        Radio NZ
        3
        The seminal plasma of some species with internal fertilization contains anti-aphrodisiac molecules that deter promiscuity in post-copulatory females, conferring fitness benefits to the ejaculating male.
        Pubmed
        Usage of external fertilization in English
        1
        By contrast, in some taxa with external fertilization such as fish, exposure to semen promotes spawning behaviors.
        Pubmed
        Translations for external fertilization