agamous
Having no marital partner or pair-bonded mateHaving no marital partner or pair-bonded mate; being neither monogamous (pair-bonded) nor polygamous.
Meaning
3 senses(not comparable)Having no marital partner or pair-bonded mate; being neither monogamous (pair-bonded) nor polygamous.
(not comparable)Synonym of agamic: asexual (of reproduction: occurring without union of male and female gametes).
(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
(not comparable)Having no visible sex organs; asexual or cryptogamous.
Origin
From a- + -gamous.From a- + -gamous.
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction:agamicagamogeneticapomicticparthenogenetic
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedagamy