Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun amphimixis
2 senses of amphimixis
Sense 1
sexual reproduction, amphimixis -- (reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete)
=> reproduction -- (the process of generating offspring)
Sense 2
amphimixis -- (union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction)
=> union -- (the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals")