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amplexus

American  
[am-plek-suhs] / æmˈplɛk səs /

noun

plural

amplexuses, amplexus

  1. the clasping posture of fertilization in frogs and toads.

Etymology

Origin of amplexus

1925–30; < New Latin, Latin: embrace, equivalent to amplect ( ī ) to embrace ( am-, variant of ambi- ambi- + plectī, deponent of plectere to plait, twine; complex, plexus ) + -tus suffix of v. action

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