amplection

== English == === Alternative forms === amplexion === Etymology === 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. === Noun === amplection (plural amplections) (archaic, rare) An embrace. (biology, dated, uncommon) A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs; amplexus. ==== Related terms ==== === References === == Middle English == === Alternative forms === amplexion === Etymology === From Latin amplexiō. In this form, with remodelling after Latin amplector. === Noun === amplection (plural amplections) (literary, hapax legomenon) embrace ==== Descendants ==== English: amplection, amplexion === References ===