| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | am·plex·us |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m-pl k s s |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. amplexus or am·plex·us·es
The copulatory embrace of frogs and toads, during which the male fertilizes the eggs that are released by the female. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin amplexus, an embracing, from past participle of amplect , to embrace : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi– + plectere, to twine; see plek- in Appendix I.
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