amplection (English, noun)
expansion: amplection (plural amplections)
Senses:
glosses: An embrace.
tags: archaic
rare
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs; amplexus.
tags: dated
uncommon
Forms:
form: amplections
tags: plural
form: amplexion
tags: alternative