Amplexus Definition

ăm-plĕksəs
amplexus
noun
The mating clasp of the male frog or toad: he clings to the back of the female and fertilizes her eggs as she ejects them into the water.
Webster's New World
The copulatory embrace of frogs and toads, during which the male fertilizes the eggs that are released by the female.
American Heritage Medicine

Origin of Amplexus

  • Latin amplexus an embracing from past participle of amplectī to embrace am-, ambi- around ambi– plectere to twine plek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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