agamic
Americanadjective
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Biology.
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occurring without sexual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic.
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Botany, Mycology. cryptogamic.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- agamically adverb
Etymology
Origin of agamic
1840–50; < Greek ágam ( os ) unwed ( a- a- 6 + gámos marriage) + -ic
Example Sentences
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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.
From An Elementary Study of Insects by Haseman, Leonard
These summer forms are known as the stem mothers or agamic females.
From An Elementary Study of Insects by Haseman, Leonard
Budding: applied to that form of agamic reproduction found in plant lice.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley
Stem-mother: in plant lice; that form hatching from the winter egg, which starts a series of agamic summer generations.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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