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-gamous

 
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a combining form with the meaning “having gametes or reproductive organs” of the kind specified by the initial element: heterogamous; also forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -gamy: endogamous.
Origin:
< Gk -gamos marrying; see -ous
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-gamous  
suff.  

    1. Having a specified number of marriages: monogamous.

    2. Practicing a specified kind of marriage: exogamous.

  2. Having a specified kind of reproduction or reproductive organs: heterogamous.


[From Greek -gamos, from gamos, marriage; see gemə- in Indo-European roots.]
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-gamous suff.

  1. Having a specified number of mates: monogamous.

  2. Having a specified kind of reproduction or reproductive organs: heterogamous.

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