amplection

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An embrace. archaic,rare
    — 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.
  2. A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs; amplexus. dated,uncommon
    — The mating amplexion in this species is axillary, as described for other species of the Bufonidae.

词形变化

amplections plural amplexion alternative

词汇关系

相关词
amplect amplex amplexation amplexus

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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