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oogamete

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[oh-uh-gam-eet, -guh-meet] / oʊ əˈgæm it, -gəˈmit /

noun

Cell Biology.

one of a pair of structurally dissimilar gametes, the female gamete being large and nonmotile and the male gamete being small and motile.

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Origin of oogamete

First recorded in 1890–95; oo- + gamete

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