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agamic

 
Dictionary: a·gam·ic   (ā-găm'ĭk) pronunciation
also ag·a·mous (ăg'ə-məs)
adj.
Occurring or reproducing without the union of male and female cells; asexual or parthenogenetic.

[From Late Latin agamus, unmarried, from Greek agamos : a-, without; see a-1 + gamos, marriage; see -gamy.]

agamically a·gam'i·cal·ly adv.

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(ā-găm'ĭk) or ag·a·mous (ăg'ə-məs)
adj.

Occurring or reproducing without the union of male and female cells; asexual or parthenogenetic.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
  Synonyms: agamous, agamogenetic, parthenogenetic


 
 

 

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