| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
pronucleus pro·nu·cle·us (prō-n&oomacr;'klē-əs, -ny&oomacr;'-)
n.
One of two nuclei undergoing fusion in karyogamy.
The haploid nucleus of a sperm or egg before fusion of the nuclei in fertilization.