agamic

a·gam·ic

A0135000 (ā-găm′ĭk)adj. Occurring or reproducing without the union of male and female cells; asexual or parthenogenetic.

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

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a·gam′i·cal·ly adv.

agamic

(əˈɡæmɪk) adj (Biology) asexual; occurring or reproducing without fertilization[C19: from Greek agamos unmarried, from a-¹ + gamos marriage] aˈgamically adv

a•gam•ic

(əˈgæm ɪk)

adj. developing without sexual union. [1840–50; < Greek ágam(os) unwed] a•gam′i•cal•ly, adv.

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agamic - (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproductionagamogenetic, agamous, parthenogenetic, apomicticasexual, nonsexual - not having or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction"

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