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oogamete

[oh-uh-gam-eet, -guh-meet]

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.

Origin of oogamete

First recorded in 1890–95; oo- + gamete
Related formso·og·a·mous [oh-og-uh-muh s] /oʊˈɒg ə məs/, adjectiveo·og·a·my, noun
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Medicine definitions for oogamous

oogamous

[ō-ŏg′ə-məs]

adj.

Characterized by or having small motile male gametes and large nonmotile female gametes.

oogamete

[ō′ə-găm′ēt′, -gə-mēt′]

n.

A female gamete, especially the larger of two gametes produced by an oogamous species.
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Science definitions for oogamous

oogamy

[ō-ŏg′ə-mē]

A system of sexual reproduction in which one gamete (called the egg) is large and nonmotile, while the other (called the sperm) is small and motile. Oogamy is a type of heterogamy. Compare isogamy.
Related formsoogamous adjective
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