New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
-gamous — element meaning marrying, from Gk. gamos marriage (see GAMETE (Cf. gamete)) + OUS (Cf. ous) … Etymology dictionary
-gamous — [gə məs] [< Gr gamos (see GAMO ) + OUS] combining form forming adjectives marrying, uniting sexually [heterogamous, polygamous] … English World dictionary
-gamous — gəməs adjective combining form Etymology: Greek gamos, from gamos marriage more at bigamy 1. : characterized by having or practicing (such) a marriage or (such or so many) marriages endogamous exogamous 2 … Useful english dictionary
-gamous — 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. [ < Gk gamos marrying; see OUS] * * * … Universalium
-gamous — or gamic aff. a combining form 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[/ex] • Etymology: < Gk gamos… … From formal English to slang
-gamous — an adjectival word element corresponding to the noun element gamy, as in polygamous. {Greek gamos marrying} …
hologamous — həˈlägəməs adjective Etymology: hol + gamous 1. : having gametes of essentially the same size and structural features as vegetative cells used of various flagellates, ciliates, diatoms, and desmids 2. : having the entire thallus developing into a … Useful english dictionary
cleistogamous — also cleistogamic adjective Etymology: Greek kleistos closed (from kleiein to close) + International Scientific Vocabulary gamous more at clavicle Date: 1874 characterized by or being small inconspicuous closed self pollinating flowers additional … New Collegiate Dictionary
digamy — noun (plural mies) Etymology: Late Latin digamia, from Late Greek, from Greek digamos married to two people, from di + gamos gamous Date: 1635 a second marriage after the termination of the first … New Collegiate Dictionary
-gamic — adjective combining form Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek gamos gamous having (such) reproductive organs < cleistogamic > … New Collegiate Dictionary
