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heterogamous

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(het′ə rog′ə məs)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
het•er•og•a•mous  (het′ə rog′ə məs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Geneticshaving unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
  2. Botanyhaving flowers or florets of two sexually different kinds (opposed to homogamous).
  • hetero- + -gamous 1830–40

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