HyperDic: sexual_reproduction

English > 1 sense of the expression sexual reproduction:
NOUNprocesssexual reproduction, amphimixisreproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete
English > sexual reproduction: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaningreproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete.
Synonymamphimixis
MembersamphimixisUnion of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction
Narroweranisogamy(biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size)
isogamy(biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of gametes of the same size and structure
BroaderreproductionThe process of generating offspring
Spanishreproducción sexual
Catalanreproducció sexual

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