| NOUN | process | anisogamy | (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size) |
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| Meaning | (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size). | |
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| 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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