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bes⋅ti⋅al⋅i⋅ty

  [bes-chee-al-i-tee, bees-]
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–noun, plural -ties.
1. brutish or beastly character or behavior; beastliness.
2. indulgence in beastlike appetites, instincts, impulses, etc.
3. an instance of bestial character or behavior.
4. sexual relations between a person and an animal; sodomy.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME bestial(i)te (< AF, MF) < ML bēstiālitās. See bestial, -ity
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bes·ti·al·i·ty   (běs'chē-āl'ĭ-tē, bēs'-)   
n.   pl. bes·ti·al·i·ties

  1. The quality or condition of being an animal or like an animal.

  2. Conduct or an action marked by depravity or brutality.

  3. Sexual relations between a human and an animal.

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Main Entry: bes·ti·al·i·ty
Pronunciation: "bes-chE-'a-l&-tE, "bEs-
Function: noun
: the crime of engaging in sexual relations with an animal —see also CRIME AGAINST NATURE
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: bes·ti·al·i·ty
Pronunciation: "bes-chE-'al-&t-E, "bEs-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: sexual relations between a human being and a lower animal
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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bestiality bes·ti·al·i·ty (běs'chē-āl'ĭ-tē, bēs'-)
n.

  1. The quality or condition of being an animal or like an animal.

  2. Conduct or an action marked by depravity or brutality.

  3. Sexual relations between a human and an animal.

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bestiality

sexual relations between a human being and an animal. Although the practice is illegal in most countries, occasional zoophilic encounters are fairly common, especially in rural areas, where 17 percent of U.S. males in the Kinsey report of 1948 acknowledged sexual experience with animals at least once. Sexual contacts between women and animals occur less frequently.

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