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gamete noun (gametes) biol in sexually reproducing organisms: a specialized sex cell, especially an ovum or sperm, which fuses with another gamete of the opposite type during fertilization. See also gift. gametic adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: from Greek gameein to marry.

gamete noun (gametes) biol in sexually reproducing organisms: a specialized sex cell, especially an ovum or sperm, which fuses with another gamete of the opposite type during fertilization. See also gift. gametic adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: from Greek gameein to marry.

gamete noun (gametes) biol in sexually reproducing organisms: a specialized sex cell, especially an ovum or sperm, which fuses with another gamete of the opposite type during fertilization. See also gift. gametic adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: from Greek gameein to marry.