agamic

adjective

agam·​ic (ˌ)ā-ˈga-mik 

: asexual sense 3a, parthenogenetic

agamic reproduction

Most of our oak gall wasps have complex life cycles that involve the alternation of sexual and non-sexual (asexual or agamic) generations. Insects of the agamic generation are all females and they can lay fertile eggs without mating.

—Michael Chinery

Word History

Etymology

French agame "asexual" (borrowed from Greek ágamos "unmarried, single," from a- a- entry 2 + -gamos, derivative of gámos "wedding, marriage") + -ic entry 1 — more at -gamous

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for agamic

• ceramic
• dynamic
• thalamic
• aerodynamic
• geodynamic
• haemodynamic
• hemodynamic
• hydrodynamic
• hypothalamic
• photodynamic
• psychodynamic
• spinothalamic

Medical Definition

agamic

adjective

agam·​ic (ˈ)ā-ˈgam-ik 

: asexual, parthenogenetic

agamically

-i-k(ə-)lē 

adverb