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- noun biology The
fusion of twocells (but not theirnuclei ), especially as the first stage ofsyngamy .
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(somatogamy) has taken place and within a few days these united mycelia will have become dikaryotic organisms.
Quartermasters of Terror Keefe, Patrick Radden 2005
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