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Gamete

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Noun

1. gamete

a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gamete

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noun
a haploid germ cell, such as a spermatozoon or ovum, that fuses with another germ cell during fertilization

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Gamete

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noun
a reproductive cell that is haploid and can unite with another gamete to form the cell (zygote) that develops into a new individual

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gamete

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n.
A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce a zygote.

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