agamy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Absence or nonrecognition of marriage, or absence of a pair bond.
  2. Asexual reproduction.

Word forms

agamy agamies

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγαμος (ágamos, “unmarried, single (of men)”). From a- (“not”) + -gamy (“marriage”).

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