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(zoology) A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process.

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Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (zoology) A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process.
  • (botany) In vernation, the situation where two sides of one leaf overlap the two sides of the one above it.

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