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Meaning of EXOGAMOUS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (anthropology)
  2. [adj]  (biology)
 
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 Synonyms: exogamic, outside-group
 
 Antonyms: autogamous, endogamous
 
 See Also: outbred

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ex*og"a*mous\, a. [Exo- + Gr. ? marriage.]
Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's
own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous.
 

 

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