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epigamic

[ep-i-gam-ik]

adjective Zoology.

attracting the opposite sex, as the colors of certain birds.

Origin:
1885–90; < Greek epígam(os) marriageable (see epi-, -gamous) + -ic

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epigamic (ˌɛpɪˈɡæmɪk)

—*adj*
	zoology attractive to the opposite sex: epigamic coloration

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