amplexus (English, noun)
expansion: amplexus (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: 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.
tags: uncountable
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In vernation, the situation where two sides of one leaf overlap the two sides of the one above it.
tags: uncountable
Forms: