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AMPHIMIXIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: amphimixes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("amphimixis" is a kind of...):

union (the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts)

Holonyms ("amphimixis" is a member of...):

amphimixis; sexual reproduction (reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete

Synonyms:

amphimixis; sexual reproduction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("amphimixis" is a kind of...):

reproduction (the process of generating offspring)

Meronyms (members of "amphimixis"):

amphimixis (union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amphimixis"):

anisogamy ((biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size))

isogamy ((biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of gametes of the same size and structure)

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