endogamyn.
/ɛnˈdɒɡəmi/, U.S. /ɛnˈdɑɡəmi/ 1. The custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe.
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endogamy1865
1865 J. F. McLennan Primitive Marriage 48 (note) The words endogamy and exogamy are new.
1870 J. Lubbock Origin of Civilisation (ed. 2) iii. 69 Some tribes branched off into endogamy, others into exogamy.
2. Botany. The fusion or coalescence of two or more female gametes.
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1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 87/1 Endogamy, an expression for fusion or coalescence of two or more female gametes, adj. endogamous.
1937 H. Gwynne-Vaughan & B. F. Barnes Struct. & Devel. Fungi (ed. 2) 5 The power of movement of attached gametangia is very limited, so that, when endogamy is possible, it is likely to occur.
Derivatives
endoˈgamic adj. [see -ic suffix] pertaining to endogamy.
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endogamic1873
1873 Contemp. Rev. 22 423 The transition..from the exogamic to the endogamic system.
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