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am·plex·us  (m-plkss)
n. 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.
[Latin amplexus, an embracing, from past participle of amplect, to embrace : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + plectere, to twine; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]
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175r, "Si ergo Pandion, homo educatus in silvis, solo aspectu, solo motu oculorum, sola personae dignitate, sola formae vetustate commotus, qui nondum suaves amplexus, nondum coetera mulierum officia dulcissima expertus erat, adeo tamen exarsit ut, posthabitis omnibus aliis, de sola muliere cogitaret, mirandum credo erit si nos abundantibus deliciis enutriti, tam coeleste, tarn divinum animal tantopere appetamus.
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