Webster's English Dictionary

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heterogamous

het.er.og.a.mous \.het-*-'ra:g-*-m*s\ \-me-\ aj : exhibiting or 
   characterized by diversity in the reproductive elements o r processes : as 
   : characterized by fusion of unlike gametes; esp : OOGAMOUSM : exhibiting 
   alternation of generations in which two kinds of sexual gen eration 
   alternate : bearing flowers of two kinds  - het.er.og.a.my n