ANISOGAMY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("anisogamy" is a kind of...):

amphimixis; sexual reproduction (reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Derivation:

anisogamous (relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape))

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