"birds and bees" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-birds and bees.wav
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} birds and bees pl (plural only)
  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) Informal education about sex. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: facts of life Translations (euphemistic: sexual activity): bierne og blomsterne (Danish), de bloemetjes en de bijtjes [neuter, plural] (Dutch), kukat ja mehiläiset (Finnish), die Bienchen und Blümchen [neuter, plural] (German), Tatsachen des Lebens [feminine, plural] (German), blommor och bin [plural] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-birds_and_bees-en-noun--44Bu-2A Disambiguation of Sex: 62 38 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'euphemistic: sexual activity': 60 40
  2. (euphemistic, idiomatic) Informal (by analogy) sex itself. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-birds_and_bees-en-noun-ep6SQPUi Categories (other): English euphemisms, English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: the birds and the bees Related terms: the talk

Alternative forms

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