sex cell

DEFINITIONS OF: sex cell

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a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes; anisogamete
either of a pair of unlike gametes especially those unlike in size; isogamete
either of a pair of conjugating gametes of the same size and structure; sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon
the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; egg cell, ovum
the female reproductive cell; the female gamete; spermatid
an immature gamete produced by a spermatocyte; develops into a spermatozoon; oosphere
a gamete; used especially of lower plants; antherozoid, spermatozoid
a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm

Type 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

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