progamete

[ proh-gam-eet, proh-guh-meet ]

nounBiology.
  1. a cell that is the precursor of one ovum or many spermatozoa; a spermatocyte or oocyte.

Origin of progamete

1
First recorded in 1890–95; pro-2 + gamete

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