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- noun In botany, the conjugation of two gametes of dissimilar form: contrasted with isogamy.
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~ Also spelled oogamy
~ Reproduction in which a small motile male sex cell fuses with a large immobile female sex cell, as happens (for example) when a sperm fuses with an egg
~ o·og·a·mous adjective
January 18, 2009