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progamete
progamete n. 
/ˌprəʊɡəˈmiːt/, /ˌproʊɡəˈmit/ Biology a cell or structure able to give rise to one or more gametes; spec. = progametangium n.
Brit. /prə(ʊ)ˈɡamiːt/
, /prə(ʊ)ˈɡamiːt//ˌprəʊɡəˈmiːt/U.S. /proʊˈɡæˌmit/
, /proʊˈɡæˌmit//ˌproʊɡəˈmit/ΘΚΠ
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gamete1878
zoogamete1879
planogamete1880
macrogamete1888
microgamete1888
isogamete1891
megagamete1891
oogamete1891
progamete1892
heterogamete1897
ovum1900
non-crossover1914
merogamete1925
hologamete1926
anisogamete-
1892 M. M. Hartog in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 33 6 In my terminology I have used the word[s]..gametogonium and progamete to express, from slightly different points of view, a cell which divides to form gametes, or (rarely) passes into the state of a gamete.
1962 D. C. Braungart Introd. Plant Biol. vii. 123/2 When the mycelia of two plants of opposite strain come near each other, lateral lobes are formed. These are the progametes.
1985 Jrnl. Invertebr. Pathol. 46 139 A few bacteriocytes also occur around each embryonic testis, near the cells with female progamete morphology.
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as lemmas
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