Agamogenesis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Asexual reproduction. uncountable

    "He was as touching and as confidential as ever, and I felt we must look like an old couple that by some dazzling agamogenesis had produced this golden-haired offspring."

  2. 2
    reproduction without the fusion of gametes wordnet

Synonyms

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asexual reproductionasexual reproduction

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"He was as touching and as confidential as ever, and I felt we must look like an old couple that by some dazzling agamogenesis had produced this golden-haired offspring."

Etymology

From a- + Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “marriage”) + -genesis.

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