ANISOGAMETE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of a pair of unlike gametes especially those unlike in size

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("anisogamete" is a kind of...):

gamete (a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes)

Derivation:

anisogametic (relating to either of a pair of dissimilar (anisogamic) gametes combining in sexual reproduction)

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