Etymology

isophenogamy

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Today it means: mating between people who have the same phenotype (who bear a somatic resemblance to each other) Full definition →

English pheno- ← Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
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  1. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  2. Englishiso-
  3. Englishpheno-
  4. English todayisophenogamy

From iso- + pheno- + -gamy.

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