AMPLEXUS

Meaning of AMPLEXUS in English

n. fertilization mating position of frogs or toads

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

AMPLEXUS — noun see: ambi- Date: circa 1927 the mating embrace of a frog or toad during which eggs are shed into …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AMPLEXUS — amˈpleksəs noun ( plural amplexus “) Etymology: Latin, literally, embrace, from amplexus, past participle of amplecti : the mating embrace …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMPLEXUS — /am plek"seuhs/ , n. , pl. amplexuses, amplexus . the clasping posture of fertilization in frogs and toads. [ 1925-30; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AMPLEXUS — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, embrace, from amplecti to embrace, from am-, amb- around + plectere to braid — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AMPLEXUS — [ am'plɛksəs ] ■ noun Zoology the mating position of frogs and toads, in which the male clasps the female …
Concise Oxford English vocab
AMPLEXUS — [am.plex.us] n [NL, fr. L, embrace, fr. amplecti to embrace, fr. am-, amb- around + plectere to braid--more at ambi-, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AMPLEXUS — охват (положение при спаривании у амфибий)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
AMPLEXUS — охват ( положение при спаривании у амфибий )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
AMPLEXUS — n. Pronunciation: am- ' plek-s ə s Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, embrace, from amplecti to embrace, from …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PSEUDOCOPULATION
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMPLEXIFOLIATE — |amˌpleksə|-, am|p- adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary amplexi- (from Latin amplexus, past participle of amplecti ) + foliate : having …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMPLEXICAUL — amˈpleksəˌkȯl adjective Etymology: New Latin amplexicaulis, from Latin amplexus (past participle of amplecti to entwine, embrace) + -i- + caulis …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMPLEXICAUDATE — |amˌpleksə|-, am|p- adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary amplexi- (from Latin amplexus, past participle of amplecti ) + caudate : having …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMPLECTIC — (ˈ)am|plektik adjective Etymology: Latin amplecti to embrace, surround + English -ic : of or relating to amplexus
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMPLEXICAUL — /am plek"si kawl'/ , adj. Bot. clasping the stem, as some leaves do at their base. [ 1750-60; amplexicaulis, equiv. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FROG — any of various tailless amphibians belonging to the order Anura. Used strictly, the term may be limited to any member …
Britannica English vocabulary
AMPHIBIAN — any member of a class (Amphibia) of cold-blooded vertebrate animals that are midway in evolutionary development between fishes and reptiles. …
Britannica English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ОХВАТ — (положение при спаривании у амфибий) amplexus
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