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amplexation

noun

Etymology

From Latin amplexāt-, past participial stem of amplexor (“to embrace”), + -ion.

  1. derived from amplexāt-

Definitions

  1. An embrace.

    • [...] blood and the spirit, by mutual amplexations or inbracements of these two vessels, the vein and the arterie being conjoyned and united in one very body, first beginning in the braded body, and then after in the[…]

  2. The act of (forming the grip of) amplexus.

    • Amplexation of 'Pelodytes punctatus' […] Nevertheless, within certain limits, the species of a genus agree in their mode of amplexation; only a too strict taxonomy cannot be applied.

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