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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two small cells produced during the first and second meiotic divisions in the development of an oocyte, containing little cytoplasm and eventually degenerating.
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- noun biology One of the small
cells that areby-products of themeiosis that forms anegg .
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- noun a small cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced along with the oocyte and later discarded
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