agamontn.
/eɪˈɡamənt/, U.S. /eɪˈɡæmənt/ Biology.
In protozoans, esp. (in later use) foraminiferans: a cell that divides asexually to form daughter cells. Cf. schizont n.
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1911 Proc. Pathol. Soc. Philadelphia 14 54 At the time when the agamonts are formed the fever sets in.
1940 L. H. Hyman Invertebr. I. iii. 144 The growing vegetative parasite is called a trophozoite. When this..undergoes multiple fission directly into agametes, it is called a schizont or agamont.
1973 K. G. Grell Protozool. 137 In Foraminifera..the agamonts, after meiosis, as well as the gamonts reproduce by multiple fission.
2000 K. Mikami in J. J. Tarín & A. Cano Fertilization Protozoa & Metazoan Animals i. 13 The agamonts leave the shell soon after nuclear differentiation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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