anisogamy (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *anisogamy*:
NOUN	process	anisogamy	(biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size)

English > *anisogamy*: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaning	(biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size).
Category	biology, biological science	The science that studies living organisms
Broader	sexual reproduction, amphimixis	reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete
Spanish	anisogamia, anisogamy
Catalan	anisogàmia, anisogamy
Adjectives	anisogamic, anisogamous	relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar / dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape)

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