amplexus

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Toads mate in a position called amplexus, in which the male mounts the female from behind and fertilises her eggs externally.

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  1. Latin amplexus, an embracing, from past participle of amplectī, to embrace : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + plectere, to twine; see plek- in Indo-European roots.
 

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