Agamous

Quick meaning: Agamous is an adjective meaning Having no marital partner or pair-bonded mate; being neither monogamous (pair-bonded) nor polygamous.

Meaning

Having no marital partner or pair-bonded mate; being neither monogamous (pair-bonded) nor polygamous.

More Meanings

1. (biology) Synonym of agamic: asexual (of reproduction: occurring without union of male and female gametes).
2. (biology) Having no visible sex organs; asexual or cryptogamous.

Example Sentences

There is of course no universal pattern: families may be nuclear or extended with agamous, monogamous or polygamous individuals.

Divandu albimarginatus is a maternal mouthbrooder (latest observations demonstrated larvophilic), that does without pair-bonding (agamous or polygamous). Incubation lasted for approximately fourteen days, […]

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, […]

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 […]

Synonyms for agamous

Depending on context, synonyms include agamic, asexual, nonsexual, parthenogenetic, agamogenetic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include asexual, nonsexual, agamogenetic, parthenogenetic, agamic, homeotic.

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