amplection

词形变化

amplections 复数 amplections

别名

amplexion

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An embrace.

    古体 罕用
  2. 2.

    A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs; amplexus.

    过时 生物

词源

From Middle English amplection, amplexion, from Latin amplexiō (“act of embracing”), from amplex-, past participial stem of amplector (“surround; embrace”), + -iō. In this form, with remodelling after Latin amplector. By surface analysis, amplect + -ion.

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