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   gamete

   /ˈɡamiːt/

   noun

   • 1. a mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.

   Word Origin late 19th century: from modern Latin gameta, from Greek gametē ‘wife’, gametēs ‘husband’, from gamos ‘marriage’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. gametic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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