amplexus
Noun
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Noun
amplexus (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.
- 2018, Ed Douglas, The Guardian, 29 March ↗:
- In the middle, just below the surface, a male and a female were locked in amplexus, a coupling that can last for days as the male waits to fertilise the eggs when they are laid.
- 2018, Ed Douglas, The Guardian, 29 March ↗:
- amplex
- Portuguese: amplexo
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