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endogamy

Term:endogamy

Origin: Anc Greek

????-/endo(=within)

?????/gamos(=comb. form meaning "marriage, sexual union?)

??????/gameti(=a wife)> ???????/gametes(=a husband)

>?????/gameo(=to take to wife)

Definition:

1. marriage only within one's own group, inbreeding, intermarriage

2. self-pollination among flowers of the same plant

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