oogamously

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adverb

In an oogamous manner.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adverboogamously (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn an oogamous manner.
    1 more example

    We observe nonetheless, that extant oomycetes, for example, are diploid in the vegetative state, homothallic, reproduce oogamously, produce large oogonia bearing complex walls with a diameter in excess of the parental hyphae, and produce zygospores following syngamy; characters also seen in non-polar diatoms.

    2015 October 21, “Auxosporulation in Paralia guyana MacGillivary (Bacillariophyta) and Possible New Insights into the Habit of the Earliest Diatoms”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

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APA

oogamously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oogamously

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Chicago

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