Amplexus
"Amplexus" in a Sentence (2 examples)
Finally, we came upon a pair of Panamanian robber frogs locked in amplexus—the amphibian version of sex.
In the middle, just below the surface, a male and a female were locked in amplexus, a coupling that can last for days as the male waits to fertilise the eggs when they are laid.
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