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.
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- noun The
larger of a pair ofconjugating gametes ; often thefemale .
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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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