gamomachia

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n. The hypothetical struggle for existence between the paternal and maternal constituents of the fertilized egg, and the destruction of one of them: assumed as an explanation of the resemblance of the offspring to one parent only, to the exclusion of the influence of the other.

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Words that incorporate some sense of contest or conflict through the use of one or another of the combining elements with that meaning (i.e., -machia, -machy, -machist, -machic, -machical, belli-, ...

hieromachia, metromachia, ouranomachia, tauromachia, rythmomachia, logomachia, batrachomyomachia, batrachoherpetoma..., philomachic, promachic, okymachic, phygomachic and 55 more...

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peritus From the Greek gamo- (marriage) and machia (battle), a domestic fight; fighting with one's partner or spouse. Feb 10, 2008

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