Meaning of agamous | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Having no marital partner or pair-bonded mate; being neither monogamous (pair-bonded) nor polygamous.
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2. Synonym of agamic: asexual (of reproduction: occurring without union of male and female gametes).
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3. Having no visible sex organs; asexual or cryptogamous.
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Examples

“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, […]”

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

“Among cichlid species, there are monogamous as well as polygamous breeders. […] 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.”

“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, […]”

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