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agamic

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a·gam·ic  (-gmk) also ag·a·mous (g-ms)
adj.
Occurring or reproducing without the union of male and female cells; asexual or parthenogenetic.
[From Late Latin agamus, unmarried, from Greek agamos : a-, without; see a-1 + gamos, marriage; see -gamy.]
a·gami·cal·ly adv.
agamic [əˈgæmɪk]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) asexual; occurring or reproducing without fertilization
[from Greek agamos unmarried, from a-1 + gamos marriage]
agamically  adv
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Adj.1.agamic - (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
agamogenetic, agamous, parthenogenetic, apomictic
asexual, nonsexual - not having or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction"


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