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agamous

The English word “agamous” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

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

Etymology

From a- + -gamous.

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