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agamy

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγαμος (ágamos, “unmarried, single (of men)”). From a- (“not”) + -gamy (“marriage”).

noun agamies

countable, uncountable Absence or nonrecognition of marriage, or absence of a pair bond. Cichlids exhibit monogamy, polygyny, polyandry, and agamy. […] In agamous relationships, there is no bond formed at all. They separate from each other immediately after spawning.
countable, uncountable Asexual reproduction.

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@misc{agamy_2026,
  title = {agamy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/agamy},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}