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agamous

ag=a=mous

WORDNET DICTIONARY

agamous(s = adj.all) agamic, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic - (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction; Array

agamous, a. [Gr. 'a`gamos unmarried; 'a priv. + ga`mos marriage.].

Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. [1913 Webster]

agamous, adj. Biol. without (distinguishable) sexual organs.

Etymology

LL agamus f. Gk agamos (as A-(1), gamos marriage)

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