Gamomorphism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gamomorphism \Gam`o*mor"phism\, n. [Gr. ? marriage + morfh`
     form, shape.] (Biol.)
     That stage of growth or development in an organism, in which
     the reproductive elements are generated and matured in
     preparation for propagating the species.
     [1913 Webster]