-gamous

-gamous
a combining form with the meaning "having gametes or reproductive organs" of the kind specified by the initial element: heterogamous; also forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -gamy: endogamous.
[ < Gk -gamos marrying; see -OUS]

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