GAMY

Anisogamy

Apogamy     asexual reproduction, spec. the productin in some ferns

etc. of a sporophyte directly form a prothallus without the union of

gametes

Autogamy    self fertilization fusion of sister nuclei

Bigamy     the crime of going through a form of marrigaee while a

previous marriage is stilll in existence , having two wives or

husbands at once

Chasmogamy  the opening of the perianth at the time of flowering

Cleistogamy  the occurrence of permanetly closed flowers in which self

fertilization occurs.

Deuterogamy   marriage after the death or divorce of a first

spouse.(2) fertilization occuring other than by simple fusion of

gametes.

Digamy      the state of having married again after the death or

divorce of the first spouse.

endogamy     the custom of marrying only within thee limits of a local

community, clan, or tribe.(2)(biol) the fusion of reproductive cells

form related individuls

exogamy    the custom by which a man is obliged to marry outside his

own community, clan,or tribe(2)(biol) the fusion of reproductive

geitonogamy    (biol) fertilization of a flower by pollen from another

flower on the same plant.

hercogamy   (bot)  a conditin in which the stames andd stigmas of a

flower are separated by physical barriers, so preventing self

pollination.

herkogamy

heterogamy  the condition of producing heterogametes, heterogamous reproduction.

homogamy  (bot)  the conditon of being homogamous ,the possessioon of

homogamous flowers.(biol)  breeding between individuals similar in

some characteristic, inbreeding

isogamy   (biol) the reproductive union of two equal and similar

gametes or cells.

misogamy  hatred of marriage

monogamy  the practice of marrying only once, or of not remarrying

after the death of the first spouse(2) (zool) the habit of animalls,

esp. birds living in pairs, or having only one mate.

oogamy   (biol)  thee union of dissimilar gametes, usu of small motile

make gamete and a larger non motiile female gamete.

paedogamy    (biol)  in certain protists, reproductioin by the fusion

of gametess derived form the same parent cell.

pantagamy    a communal system of marriage, in  which all the men and

women of a household or community are regarded as married to each

other, formerly practised by perfectionists.

plasmogamy   (biol) the fusion of the cytoplasm of two or more cells,

spec. without fusion of the nuclei.

plastogamy

polygamy     marriage with several spouses, or more than one spouse,

at once, the practice or custom by which one man has more than one

wife, or one woman has moree than one husband , at the same

time.(zool) the habit of mating with more than on e, or several,of the

opposite sex

porogamy    (biol) fertilization in which the pollen tube enters the

ovule by the micropyle.

syngamy     free interbreeding between organism.(2)   the fusion of

two cells, or of their nuclei , in reproduction

thingamy

trigamy     (eccl) remarriage after the death of two spouses .(2) the

state of having three wives or husbands at once, the  action of twice

goiong through forms of marriage with other persons while a legal

marriage is still in existence.