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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amplexus /amˈplɛksəs/

▶noun Zoology the mating position of frogs and toads, in which the male clasps the female about the back.

– origin 1930s: from L., ‘an embrace’.

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