amphimixis

1. 1.

   reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete

   Synonymssexual reproduction

   Broaderreproduction

   Narroweranisogamyisogamy
2. 2.

   union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction

   Broaderunion

   Part ofsexual reproduction

Other forms of amphimixis

plural

amphimixes

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about amphimixis

What does amphimixis mean?

amphimixis means "reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in amphimixis?

amphimixis has 4 syllables: am-phi-mix-is. The stress falls on "phi".

What is another word for amphimixis?

Close synonyms include sexual reproduction. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amphimixis a common word?

amphimixis is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.