| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| amphimixis |
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| SYLLABICATION: | am·phi·mix·is |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m f -m k ss |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. am·phi·mix·es (-mks z)
The union of the sperm and egg in sexual reproduction. | | ETYMOLOGY: | amphi– + Greek mixis, a mingling (from mignunai, mik-, to mingle; see meik- in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | amphi·mictic (-mktk) —ADJECTIVE
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