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MEGAMPERE n.
A million ampères.
MISOGAMIST n.
A hater of marriage.
MISOGAMY n.
Hatre
MIXOGAMOUS a.
Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning.
MONOGAM n.
One of the Monogamia.
MONOGAMIA n.
A Linnæan order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia.
MONOGAMIAN; MONOGAMIC a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy.
MONOGAMIST n.
One who practices or upholds monogamy. Goldsmith.
MONOGAMOUS a. 3 definitions
Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.
MONOGAMY n. 2 definitions
riage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy.
NEOGAMIST n.
A person recently married.
OCTOGAMY n.
A marrying eight times. [R.] Chaucer.
OGAM n.
Same as Ogham.
OLYMPIC GAMES; OLYMPIAN GAMES n.
A modified revival of the ancient Olympian games, consisting of international athletic games, races, etc., now held once in four years, the first having been at Athens in 1896.
ORTHOGAMY n.
en fertilizing the ovules comes from the stamens of the same blossom; -- opposed to heterogamy.
OUTAGAMIES n.
See lst Fox, 7.
PERGAMENOUS; PERGAMENTACEOUS a.
Like parchment.
PHAENOGAM n.
Any plant of the class Phænogamia.
PHAENOGAMIA n.
lowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia.
PHAENOGAMIAN; PHAENOGAMIC a.
Same as Phænogamous.
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