Main Entry: am·plex·us

Pronunciation: \am-ˈplek-səs\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, embrace, from amplecti to embrace, from am-, amb- around + plectere to braid — more at ambi-, ply

Date: circa 1927

: the mating embrace of a frog or toad during which eggs are shed into the water and there fertilized