amplexion
amplexion is the alternative form of amplection.
Meaning of amplection
Noun
amplection (plural amplections)
- 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
- 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
Forms of amplexion
| plural | amplexions |
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Origin of amplexion
From Middle English amplexion, from Latin amplexiō. By surface analysis, amplex + -ion.
Questions about amplexion
- What is amplexion the alternative form of?
- Amplexion is the alternative form of amplection.
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