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MEGAGAMETE

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meg⋅a⋅ga⋅mete

  [meg-uh-guh-meet, -gam-eet]
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–noun Cell Biology.
macrogamete.
Origin:
1890–95; mega- + gamete
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mac·ro·gam·ete   (māk'rō-gām'ēt, -gə-mēt')   
n.  The larger, usually female of two conjugating gametes in a heterogamous organism. Also called megagamete.
meg·a·gam·ete   (měg'ə-gām'ēt', -gə-mēt')   
n.  See macrogamete.
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megagamete meg·a·gam·ete (měg'ə-gām'ēt', -gə-mēt')
n.
See macrogamete.

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