macrogamete
41microgamete — n. [Gr. micros, small; gametes, husband] 1. A slender, active, male anisogamete. 2. Derived from the microgametocyte of the malarial protozoan; see macrogamete …
42egg — egg1 eggless, adj. eggy, adj. /eg/, n. 1. the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to… …
43megagamete — /meg euh geuh meet , gam eet/, n. Cell Biol. macrogamete. [1890 95; MEGA + GAMETE] * * * …
44microgamete — noun The smaller of a pair of conjugating gametes; often the male See Also: macrogamete …
45Gamete — The sperm or the egg. Each human gamete normally has 23 chromosomes, the haploid number of chromosomes, half the number of chromosomes contained in most types of cells. * * * 1. One of two haploid cells that can undergo karyogamy. 2. Any germ… …
46Ovum — An ovum is an egg that exists in the ovary of the female. This egg is called the female "gamete" or sex cell. It combines with the male gamete, called a sperm, to form a zygote. This formation process is called… …
47macrogametocyte — The female gametocyte or mother cell producing the female or macrogamete among fungi or protozoa that undergo anisogamy. SYN: macrogamont. * * * mac·ro·ga·me·to·cyte gə mēt ə .sīt n a gametocyte producing macrogametes …
48macrogamont — SYN: macrogametocyte. * * * mac·ro·gam·ont (mak″ro gamґont) [macro + gamont] a gamont that will produce or become a macrogamete. Called also macrogametocyte …
49megagamete — SYN: macrogamete …
50oocyst — The encysted form of the fertilized macrogamete, or zygote, in coccidian Sporozoea in which sporogonic multiplication occurs; results in the formation of sporozoites, infectious agents for the next stage of the sporozoan life cycle. [G. oon, egg …
