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amplexus

Rhymes with -ɛksəs

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin amplexus (“embrace”).

noun

uncountable A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process. Finally, we came upon a pair of Panamanian robber frogs locked in amplexus—the amphibian version of sex.
Similar: amplection//amplexion, amplexation
uncountable In vernation, the situation where two sides of one leaf overlap the two sides of the one above it.

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noun pseudocopulation in which a male grasps a female with his front legs

Português	amplexo

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@misc{amplexus_2026,
  title = {amplexus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amplexus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}