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gamete
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gamete has 1 sense
- gamete(n = noun.body) - a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes; is a kind of germ cell, reproductive cell, sex cell
has particulars: anisogamete, isogamete, sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon, egg cell, ovum, spermatid, oosphere, antherozoid, spermatozoid
CIDE DICTIONARY
gamete, n. [Gr. gameth` wife, or game`ths husband, fr. gamei^n to marry.].
A sexual cell or germ cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes; a conjugating cell which unites with another of like or unlike character to form a new individual. In Bot. , gamete designates esp. the similar sex cells of the lower thallophytes which unite by conjugation, forming a zygospore. The gametes of higher plants are of two sorts, sperm (male) and egg (female); their union is called fertilization, and the resulting zygote an oöspore. In Zoöl. , gamete is most commonly used of the sexual cells of certain Protozoa, though also extended to the germ cells of higher forms. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gamete, n. Biol. a mature germ cell able to unite with another in sexual reproduction.
Derivative
gametic adj.
Etymology
mod.L gameta f. Gk gamete wife f. gamos marriage
ROGET THESAURUS
gamete
Organization
N organization, organized world, organized nature, living nature, animated nature, living beings, organic remains, fossils, protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein, albumen, structure, organization, organism, biology, natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology, naturalist, archegenesis, antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph, ecology, oecology, erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination, isogamy, oogamy, karyaster, macrogamete, microgamete, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote, Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism, morphology, taxonomy, organic, organized, karyoplasmic, unsegmentic, vacuolar, zoogloeic, zoogloeoid.
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