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HETEROGAMY
Etymology
Noun
heterogamy (usually uncountable, plural heterogamies)
(biology) The state of conjugating gametes that are different in size, structure and function.
Synonym: anisogamy
Antonym: homogamy
(sociology) Marriage or similar union between people of different sexes, or social strata, such as races.
Synonym: Thesaurus:intermarriage
Antonyms: homogamy, Thesaurus:intermarriage
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Source: Wiktionary
Het`er*og"a*my, n. Etym: [See Heterogamous.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: That form of alternate generation in which two kinds of sexual generation, or a sexual and a parthenogenetic generation, alternate;
– in distinction from metagenesis, where sexual and asexual generations alternate. Claus & Sedgwick.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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