agamous
Collocations
5ADJ.
extended, monogamous, monogamous, polygamous
VERB + AGAMOUS
pair-bonding
AGAMOUS + NOUN
incubation
PREP.
with, without
ADV.
incidentally, strictly
Definitions
adj
Having no marital partner or pair-bonded mate; being neither monogamous (pair-bonded) nor polygamous.
First culture people are strictly monogamous, not agamous or polygamous. Incidentally, it is reasonable to suppose that sex behavior is of much greater importance in the life of the people of advanced culture, owing to the large number of […]
Divandu albimarginatus is a maternal mouthbrooder (latest observations demonstrated larvophilic), that does without pair-bonding (agamous or polygamous). Incubation lasted for approximately fourteen days, […]
Synonym of agamic: asexual (of reproduction: occurring without union of male and female gametes).
It is now a hundred years since the celebrated observations of O. F. Müller on agamous reproduction (gemmiparity) of the Naiades was published, and although there is no reason to question their perfect accuracy on all essential points, […]
Having no visible sex organs; asexual or cryptogamous.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and femal
- agamic
- agamogenetic
- apomictic
- parthenogenetic
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3First culture people are strictly monogamous, not agamous or polygamous. Incidentally, it is reasonable to suppose that sex behavior is of much greater importance in the life of the people of advanced
WiktionaryDivandu albimarginatus is a maternal mouthbrooder (latest observations demonstrated larvophilic), that does without pair-bonding (agamous or polygamous). Incubation lasted for approximately fourteen d
WiktionaryThere is of course no universal pattern: families may be nuclear or extended with agamous, monogamous or polygamous individuals.
Wiktionary