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from The Century Dictionary.
- In ichthyology, characterized by or pertaining to mixogamy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning.
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- adjective zoology
Pairing with severalmales ; said of certainfishes of which several males accompany eachfemale duringspawning .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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