hologamies
/hoʊˈlɑɡəmiz/
noun
- Plural of hologamy; a type of sexual reproduction in which the entire organisms (usually single-celled) fuse to form a zygote.
- The textbook described hologamies as a primitive form of fertilization.
- Researchers observed hologamies in certain protists under the microscope.
- In some algae, hologamies occur when two whole cells merge to reproduce.