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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In botany, the conjugation of two gametes of dissimilar form: contrasted with isogamy.

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  • avivamagnolia
    ~ Also spelled oogamy
    ~ Reproduction in which a small motile male sex cell fuses with a large immobile female sex cell, as happens (for example) when a sperm fuses with an egg
    ~ o·og·a·mous adjective Jan 18, 2009

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