isogamy
Syllables: i·so·ga·my/aɪ̯ˈsɒɡəmi/
isogamy noun: sexual bonding or marriage involving partners of equal social status.
Noun
isogamy (usually uncountable, plural isogamies)
- Sexual bonding or marriage involving partners of equal social status.
- A form of sexual reproduction involving gametes of similar morphology.
- Among other organisms, alternative methods of reproduction include budding, hermaphroditism (one individual carrying both kinds of sex organs) and isogamy (two individuals, not distinguished as male and female, combining their genes).2018 April 24, John Launer, “Do We Even Need Men?”, in Literary Hub
isogamy meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
isogamy in Tamil
- ஐசோகாமி, ஒத்த பால் செல் இணைவு, ஒத்தபுணரியுண்மை, சமபுணர்ச்சி
isogamy in Malayalam
- സമയുഗ്മനം
Forms of isogamy
| plural | isogamies |
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Origin of isogamy
From iso- + -gamy.
Words formed from isogamy
Questions about isogamy
- What does isogamy mean?
- Isogamy means sexual bonding or marriage involving partners of equal social status.
- What is isogamy in Tamil?
- Isogamy in Tamil is ஐசோகாமி, ஒத்த பால் செல் இணைவு, ஒத்தபுணரியுண்மை. See Isogamy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is isogamy?
- Isogamy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce isogamy?
- Isogamy is pronounced /aɪ̯ˈsɒɡəmi/.
- What is the plural of isogamy?
- The plural of isogamy is isogamies.
Words near isogamy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: isogamy (page history and authors); isogamy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); isogamy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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