agamous

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

• (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction

Adj

• Having no marital partner or pair-bonded mate; being neither monogamous (pair-bonded) nor polygamous.
• Synonym of agamic: asexual (of reproduction: occurring without union of male and female gametes).
• Having no visible sex organs; asexual or cryptogamous.

Synonyms

agamic, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic

Related Words

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