oogameten.
/əʊə(ʊ)ˈɡamiːt/, U.S. /oʊoʊˈɡæmit/ Biology. rare.
Either gamete in oogamous reproduction.
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gamete1878
zoogamete1879
planogamete1880
macrogamete1888
microgamete1888
isogamete1891
megagamete1891
oogamete1891
progamete1892
heterogamete1897
ovum1900
non-crossover1914
merogamete1925
hologamete1926
anisogamete-
1891 Nature 17 Sept. 484/1 True Parthenogenesis: the direct development of a facultative gamete without karyogamy..may occur in..Oogametes.
1956 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 83 141 Hansgirg's order Confervoideae included green algae which were filamentous, unbranched or branched.., and reproduction by fragmentation, zoospores, akinetes, or oogametes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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