Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autogamically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-to-gam-i-cal-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an autogamic manner.

Example Sentences

"The results of this experiment indicate that on the average 88 per cent of the ovules in Pima (Egyptian) cotton and 72 per cent in Acala (upland) cotton were autogamically fertilized. These types of cotton differ less in height of[…]"
"The two pronuclei which arise in this manner fuse autogamically to a synkaryon [245, 248]. The mating system of Tetrahymena pyriformis has also been very thoroughly investigated. Until 1965, 12 syngens could be established,[…]"
"[…] this base population has a relationally balanced genetic architecture, and allogamically derived individuals perform better than autogamically produced offspring. The individual populations represent depressed inbred lineages."

Etymology

From autogamic + -ally.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: autogamic

Questions

What does autogamically mean?: In an autogamic manner.
Where does autogamically come from?: From autogamic + -ally.

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