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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An asexual reproductive cell, such as a spore.
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- noun biology A
nonsexual gamete ; agamete involved inasexual reproduction
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- noun an asexual reproductive cell
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Greek agametos, unmarried, variant of agamos; see agamic.]
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a- + gamete
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