amplexus

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.

   “Finally, we came upon a pair of Panamanian robber frogs locked in amplexus—the amphibian version of sex.”

2. isim In vernation, the situation where two sides of one leaf overlap the two sides of the one above it.