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agamic

[ uh-gam-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Biology.
1. asexual.
2. occurring without sexual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic.
Botany, Mycology. cryptogamic.

agamic

/ əˈɡæmɪk /

Origin of agamic¹

1840–50; < Greek ágam ( os ) unwed ( a- a- ⁶ + gámos marriage) + -ic

Origin of agamic¹

C19: from Greek agamos unmarried, from a- ¹+ gamos marriage

Asexual, a-seks′ū-al, adj. without sex, once applied to cryptogams—agamic.

Budding: applied to that form of agamic reproduction found in plant lice.

Stem-mother: in plant lice; that form hatching from the winter egg, which starts a series of agamic summer generations.

Finally, they may become infested with cystic tapeworms or the agamic stage of a strongyle (Strongylus edentatus).

Pseudovary: the organ or mass of germ cells of an agamic insect.

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