agamic

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Budding: applied to that form of agamic reproduction found in plant lice.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

These summer forms are known as the stem mothers or agamic females.

From An Elementary Study of Insects by Haseman, Leonard

Pseudovary: the organ or mass of germ cells of an agamic insect.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Stem-mother: in plant lice; that form hatching from the winter egg, which starts a series of agamic summer generations.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

These institutions may perhaps come to be training stations of a new-old type, the agamic or even agenic woman, be she nut, maid—old or young—nun, school-teacher, or bachelor woman.

From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley