Agamede
a daughter of Augeas noted for her skill at using herbs for healing.
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- Agamemnon
Classical Mythology. a king of Mycenae, a son of Atreus and brother of Menelaus. He led the Greeks in the Trojan War and was murdered by Clytemnestra, his wife, upon his return from Troy. (italics) a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus. Contemporary Examples We amplified the scene with Agamemnon to let people understand that Achilles […]
- Agamete
an asexual reproductive cell, as a spore, that forms a new organism without fusion with another cell. noun a reproductive cell, such as the merozoite of some protozoans, that develops into a new form without fertilization
- Agamic
Biology. . occurring without sexual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic. Botany, Mycology, . Historical Examples Stem-mother: in plant lice; that form hatching from the winter egg, which starts a series of agamic summer generations. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith Finally, they may become infested with cystic tapeworms or the agamic […]
- Agamid
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Agamidae, related to the iguanids. belonging or pertaining to the Agamidae.
- Agamy
the absence of a rule dictating marriage choices within a social group.