amplexāt-, past participial stem of amplexor (“to embrace”), + -ion. <span class="searchmatch">amplexation</span> (obsolete, rare) An embrace. 1612–1626, Joseph Hall, “[Contemplations...
Synonym: amplect (archaic) To embrace. amplect amplection, amplexion <span class="searchmatch">amplexation</span> amplexus ^ “amplex, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press...
mating process. Synonyms: amplection / amplexion (dated, uncommon), <span class="searchmatch">amplexation</span> (dated, uncommon) 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 1, in The Sixth Extinction:...
alleviation allocation altercation alternation amelioration amplection <span class="searchmatch">amplexation</span> amplexion anhelation animation annihilation annotation antennation appropriation...
attempt to deposit sperm on other males. amplection, amplexion amplex <span class="searchmatch">amplexation</span> amplexus ^ “amplect, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University...
posterior portion of the fifth peraeon segment of the female. amplect amplex <span class="searchmatch">amplexation</span> amplexus ^ “amplection, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University...