GAMETOCYTE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gametocyte"):

oocyte (a female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions)

spermatocyte (a male gametocyte that develops into four spermatids)

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