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pedogamy

pedogamy is the alternative spelling of paedogamy.

Meaning of paedogamy

Noun

paedogamy (uncountable)

  1. The reproduction of some protists by the fusion of gametes that have the same parent.

Origin of pedogamy

From pedo- (“child”) + -gamy.

Questions about pedogamy

What is pedogamy the alternative spelling of?
Pedogamy is the alternative spelling of paedogamy.

Words near pedogamy in the dictionary

  1. Pedoe's inequality
  2. pedoecological
  3. pedoecology
  4. pedofeature
  5. pedofeatures
  6. pedogamy
  7. pedogenesis
  8. pedogenetic
  9. pedogenetical
  10. pedogenetically
  11. pedogenic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pedogamy (page history and authors); paedogamy (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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