Definition of agamic

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a·gam·ic    (-gmk) KEY  also ag·a·mous  (g-ms) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

Occurring or reproducing without the union of male and female cells; asexual or parthenogenetic.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Late Latin agamus, unmarried, from Greek agamos : a-, without ; see a-¹ + gamos, marriage ; see -gamy

OTHER FORMS:
a·gami·cal·ly(Adverb)