GAMETE


Meaning of GAMETE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈga-ˌmēt also ]

gə-ˈmēt noun

Etymology: New Latin gameta, from Greek gametēs husband, from gamein to marry

Date: 1886

: a mature male or female germ cell usually possessing a haploid chromosome set and capable of initiating formation of a new diploid individual by fusion with a gamete of the opposite sex

• ga·met·ic gə-ˈme-tik, -ˈmē- adjective

• ga·met·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

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