agamy
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγαμος (ágamos, “unmarried, single (of men)”). From a- (“not”) + -gamy (“marriage”).
Noun
[edit]agamy (countable and uncountable, plural agamies)
- Absence or nonrecognition of marriage, or absence of a pair bond.
- 2012, David Oconner, Cichlid Fish: The Fascinationg World of Cichlid Care, David Oc, →ISBN, page 28:
- 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.
- (biology) Asexual reproduction.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]absence of marriage
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