释义 |
agamic, a. Biol.|əˈgæmɪk| [f. Gr. ἄγαµ-ος unmarried (see agamous) + -ic.] Characterized by the absence of sexual action; in Bot. obs. for cryptogamic.
1850tr. Humboldt, Views of Nat. 291 Large classes of insects..subsist on agamic plants. 1859Carpenter Anim. Physiol. §747 Drones are always developed from agamic or unfertilized eggs. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. An. ii. 96 These present various modes of agamic multiplication by fission. |