agamospecies

noun

aga·​mo·​spe·​cies

¦a-gə-mō-¦spē-(ˌ)shēz,

-(ˌ)sēz

: a group of obviously related asexually reproducing biotypes regarded as a group equivalent to a species

Word History

Etymology

agamo- + species

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

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