ALL meanings of gamete
gam·ete
G g - noun gamete biology: reproductive cell 1
- noun gamete a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism. 1
- noun gamete A mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote. 1
- countable noun gamete Gamete is the name for the two types of male and female cell that join together to make a new creature. 0
- noun gamete a haploid germ cell, such as a spermatozoon or ovum, that fuses with another germ cell during fertilization 0
- noun gamete a reproductive cell that is haploid and can unite with another gamete to form the cell (zygote) that develops into a new individual 0
- noun gamete (cytology) A reproductive cell (male (sperm) or female (egg)) that has only half the usual number of chromosomes. 0