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amplection
noun 2
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1AMPLECTION + NOUN
ruddy
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noun
1
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.
Yet such are the Authors whom M.N. followeth and adoreth, witness his wise amplexion of Helmont's Archoeus […].
2
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.
The first two pairs of legs are chelate or sub- chelate, better developed in males and useful for prehension primarily in copulatory amplexion.
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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 t
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Yet such are the Authors whom M.N. followeth and adoreth, witness his wise amplexion of Helmont's Archoeus […].
Wiktionary03
The amplection of the ruddy goose, the swan’s accolade, mongoose embrace, and the interlacing of pigeons .... she has all these gracious gestures at command.
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