amplexus

[ am-plek-suhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural am·plex·us·es, am·plex·us.

the clasping posture of fertilization in frogs and toads.

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Word History and Origins

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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Example Sentences

Amplexus and spawning occur mainly within a day or two after the frogs reach the ponds.

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In amplexus the members of a pair sometimes become glued together by their viscous dermal secretions.

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In cuius amplexus desideratissimos ruens rex, ipsam in maius quam dici possit gaudium suscepit.

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Quod prdicta oscula et amplexus essent immunes a motu libidinis et essent motiva maxim humiliationis ex supposita unione cum Deo.

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Some of the specimens contain producti, and fragments of the coral named amplexus.

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