-GAMY


Meaning of -GAMY in English

gəmē, -mi noun combining form

( -es )

Etymology: Middle English -gamie, from Late Latin -gamia, from Greek — more at bigamy

1.

a. : marriage

exo gamy

b. : union for propagation or reproduction

allo gamy

2.

[New Latin -gamia (as in Cryptogamia ), from Greek -gamia -gamy (marriage)]

a. : possession of (such) reproductive organs

cleisto gamy

b. : possession of (such) a mode of fertilization

poro gamy

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