gamète

Definitions of gamète
  1. noun
    a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
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    types:
    spermatozoïde, sperme
    the male reproductive cell; the male gamete
    cellule germinale, oeuf, ovule
    the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
    oeuf, ovule
    animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
    type of:
    cellule germinale
    a spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation
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