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anisogamous

anisogamous adjective: being married to someone whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one's own.

Adjective

anisogamous (not comparable)

  1. being married to someone whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one's own.
  2. having a sexual partner whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one's own.

Origin of anisogamous

From aniso- + -gamous.

Questions about anisogamous

What does anisogamous mean?
Anisogamous means being married to someone whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one's own.
What part of speech is anisogamous?
Anisogamous is an adjective.

Words near anisogamous in the dictionary

  1. anisogametes
  2. anisogamety
  3. anisogamic
  4. anisogammarid
  5. anisogammarids
  6. anisogamous
  7. anisogamy
  8. anisogenic
  9. anisogenous
  10. anisogeny
  11. anisognathism

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