oogamy

British

/ əʊˈɒɡəmɪ /

noun

sexual reproduction involving a small motile male gamete and a large much less motile female gamete: occurs in all higher animals and some plants

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oogamy Scientific

/ 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

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oogamous

adjective

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