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amplections

amplections is the plural of amplection.

Meaning of amplection

Noun

amplection (plural amplections)

  1. (archaic, rare) An embrace.
    • Here let us cross the river Taw to Instow, on the left hand, which some call Yonestow, stands as a witness to the marriage of Taw and Torridge, which with their close amplections have demi-insulated this parish.a. 1636, Thomas Westcote, A view of Devonshire in MDCXXX, published 1845, page 310
  2. (dated, uncommon) A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs; amplexus.
    • The mating amplexion in this species is axillary, as described for other species of the Bufonidae.1927, Tracy Storer, A Synopsis of the Amphibia of California, University Of California Press, page 177

Questions about amplections

What is amplections the plural of?
Amplections is the plural of amplection.

Words near amplections in the dictionary

  1. amplected
  2. amplectent
  3. amplectic
  4. amplecting
  5. amplection
  6. amplections
  7. amplects
  8. Amplefordian
  9. Amplefordians
  10. Ampleforth
  11. ampleness

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