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AMPLEXUS [2 records]

Record 1 1998-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Plant Biology
DEF

Said of a sessile leaf with its base clasping the stem horizontally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Du latin «amplexus», qui a embrassé et «caulis», tige. Qualifie des feuilles ou des bractées entourant complètement la tige au niveau de leur insertion. [Le lamier amplexicaule ou les feuilles amplexicaules du «Papaner somniferum».

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
DEF

the mating embrace of the frog or toad during which eggs are shed into the water and then fertilized.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
CONT

Chez les Anoures les caractères sexuels saisonniers s'expriment par des épaississements cornés qui se forment sur les pouces, les mains, les avant-bras, les bras, selon les espèces. On prétend que ces "brosses copulatrices" aident les mâles à se saisir des femelles lors de l'"amplexus" (embrassement).

Spanish

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