AMPLEXUS


Meaning of AMPLEXUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ am-ˈplek-səs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, embrace, from amplecti to embrace, from am-, amb- around + plectere to braid — more at ambi- , ply

Date: circa 1927

: the mating embrace of a frog or toad during which eggs are shed into the water and there fertilized

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