gamete

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gamete /ˈgamiːt/

▶noun Biology a mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.

– derivatives
gametic /gəˈmɛtɪk/ adjective.

– origin C19: from mod. L. gameta, from Gk gametē ‘wife’, gametēs ‘husband’, from gamos ‘marriage’.

'gamete' also found in these Oxford entries:

gametangium - gameto- - gametophyte - germ cell - GIFT - pollen - spermatozoid

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