Usually means: Mating embrace of amphibians, frogs.
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  1. amplexus: Merriam-Webster
  2. amplexus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. amplexus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. amplexus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. amplexus: Wordnik
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  7. amplexus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. Amplexus (label), Amplexus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. amplexus: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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  13. amplexus: Merriam-Webster

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  1. amplexus: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

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Definitions from Wiktionary (amplexus)

noun:  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.

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