a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar, either in size alone or in size and form
Derived forms
anisogamous (ˌaniˈsogamous)
adjective
anisogamy in American English
(ˌænaiˈsɑɡəmi)
noun
Biology
the union of anisogametes
Word origin
[1890–95; aniso- + -gamy]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blanket roll, cholesterol, phoneme, takedown, wireless-gamy is a combining form with the meanings “marriage,” “union,” “fertilization, pollination,”of the kind specified by the initial element (exogamy; plastogamy; allogamy). It also forms nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -gamous (heterogamy)