Dictionary

agamy en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγαμος (ágamos, “unmarried, single (of men)”). From a- (“not”) + -gamy (“marriage”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Absence or nonrecognition of marriage, or absence of a pair bond.
   • 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. 2012, David Oconner, Cichlid Fish: The Fascinationg World of Cichlid Care, David Oc, →ISBN, page 28:
2. (countable, uncountable) Asexual reproduction.

Forms

Coordinates

monogamy · polygamy

Deriveds

agamist

Relateds

agamic · agamous

Translations (5)

ka შეუუღლებლობა (absence of marriage) · ka დაუქორწინებლობა (absence of marriage) · ka აგამია (absence of marriage) · pl agamia (asexual reproduction) · pl agamia (absence of marriage)