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oogamy

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əʊˈɒɡəmɪ/


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oogamy /əʊˈɒɡəmɪ/ n
  1. sexual reproduction involving a small motile male gamete and a large much less motile female gamete: occurs in all higher animals and some plants
oˈogamous adj
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
o•o•gam•ete  (ō ə gam′ēt, -gə mēt′),USA pronunciation n. [Cell Biol.]
  1. Cell Biology, Developmental Biologyone of a pair of structurally dissimilar gametes, the female gamete being large and nonmotile and the male gamete being small and motile.
  • 1890–95; oo- + gamete
o•og′a•my, n. 

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