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agamic
[ uh-gam-ik ]
adjective
- Biology.
- occurring without sexual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic.
- Botany, Mycology. cryptogamic.
agamic
/ əˈɡæmɪk /
adjective
- asexual; occurring or reproducing without fertilization
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Derived Forms
- aˈgamically, adverb
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Other Words From
- a·gami·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of agamic1
C19: from Greek agamos unmarried, from a- 1+ gamos marriage
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Example Sentences
Asexual, a-seks′ū-al, adj. without sex, once applied to cryptogams—agamic.
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Budding: applied to that form of agamic reproduction found in plant lice.
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Stem-mother: in plant lice; that form hatching from the winter egg, which starts a series of agamic summer generations.
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Finally, they may become infested with cystic tapeworms or the agamic stage of a strongyle (Strongylus edentatus).
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Pseudovary: the organ or mass of germ cells of an agamic insect.
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