Definition of "agamous" in English

adjective

1. Having no marital partner or pair-bonded mate; being neither monogamous (pair-bonded) nor polygamous.

   • There is of course no universal pattern: families may be nuclear or extended with agamous, monogamous or polygamous individuals.

2. (biology) Synonym of agamic: asexual (of reproduction: occurring without union of male and female gametes).

3. (biology) Having no visible sex organs; asexual or cryptogamous.