— oogamous /oh og"euh meuhs/ , adj. — oogamy , n.
/oh euh gam"eet, -geuh meet"/ , n. Cell Biol.
one of a pair of structurally dissimilar gametes, the female gamete being large and nonmotile and the male gamete being small and motile.
[ 1890-95; OO- + GAMETE ]