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    ZYGOTE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)play

    Synonyms:

    fertilized ovum; zygote

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("zygote" 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)

    Domain category:

    being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

    genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

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

    heterozygote ((genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring)

    homozygote ((genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic)

    Derivation:

    zygotic (of or relating to a zygote)

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