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agamic
[ uh-gam-ik ]
adjective
- Biology.
- occurring without sexual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic.
- Botany, Mycology. cryptogamic.
agamic
/ əˈɡæɪ /
adjective
- asexual; occurring or reproducing without fertilization
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Derived Forms
- ˈ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ·i·· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of agamic1
C19: from Greek agamos unmarried, from a- 1+ gamos marriage
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These summer forms are known as the stem mothers or agamic females.
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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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These institutions may perhaps come to be training stations of a new-old type, the agamic or even agenic woman, be she nut, maid—old or young—nun, school-teacher, or bachelor woman.
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Common apple aphis showing a winged and wingless agamic summer forms at a and c, one with wing pads formed at b, and a recently born young at d.
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Budding: applied to that form of agamic reproduction found in plant lice.
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