AMPLEXUS


Meaning of AMPLEXUS in English

amˈpleksəs noun

( plural amplexus “)

Etymology: Latin, literally, embrace, from amplexus, past participle of amplecti

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

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