Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The larger of two conjugating gametes in an anisogamous organism.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A female germ-cell or ovum.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The larger of a pair of conjugating gametes; often the female.

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  • Within the mosquito the parasite undergoes a further development into male and female sexual forms, which may also form in the blood, termed respectively _microgametocyte_ and _macrogamete_.

    Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman

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