Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The smaller of two conjugating gametes in an anisogamous organism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The smaller of the two conjugating cells or gametes of a colonial rhizopod. See
macrogamete . - noun A male germ-cell; a spermatozoön.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology The
smaller of apair ofconjugating gametes ; often themale
Etymologies
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micro- + gamete
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Examples
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The quality of maleness consists only in the size, form, and mobility of the sperm in the higher animals and of the microgamete in other cases.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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In previous discussions of the subject I have urged that the only meaning of sex was the difference between the megagamete or ovum, and the microgamete or sperm.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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But what is sex but the difference between ovum and spermatozoon, between megagamete and microgamete?
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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