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GAMETOCYTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gametocyte" is a kind of...):
cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gametocyte"):
oocyte (a female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions)
spermatocyte (a male gametocyte that develops into four spermatids)
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