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Endogamic

adjective
1.
Characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind.  Synonym: endogamous.
2.
Pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe.  Synonym: endogamous.





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"Endogamic" Quotes from Famous Books



... no vestige of endogamy nor of the totem system that is such a remarkable and widespread feature of Polynesian, Melanesian, and cognate peoples in Oceania. Neither is there any theoretical endogamic institution which obliges a Manbo to marry within his tribe, but, in practice, such ...
— The Manbos of Mindano - Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir • John M. Garvan


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