Agamy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Absence or nonrecognition of marriage, or absence of a pair bond. countable, uncountable

    "Cichlids exhibit monogamy, polygyny, polyandry, and agamy. […] In agamous relationships, there is no bond formed at all. They separate from each other immediately after spawning."

  2. 2
    Asexual reproduction. countable, uncountable

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"Cichlids exhibit monogamy, polygyny, polyandry, and agamy. […] In agamous relationships, there is no bond formed at all. They separate from each other immediately after spawning."

Etymology

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

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asexual reproduction

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