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单词 zygote
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zygote

(zaɪgoʊt)
Word forms: plural zygotes
countable noun
A zygote is an egg that has been fertilized by sperm, and which could develop into an embryo.
[technical]

zygote in British English

(ˈzaɪɡəʊt, ˈzɪɡ-)
noun
1. 
the cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a spermatozoon
2. 
the organism that develops from such a cell
Derived forms
zygotic (zaɪˈɡɒtɪk, zɪ-)
adjective
zygotically (zyˈgotically)
adverb
Word origin
C19: from Greek zugōtos yoked, from zugoun to yoke

zygote in American English

(ˈzaɪˌgoʊt; ˈzɪgˌoʊt)
noun
a diploid cell formed by the union of two haploid gametes, esp. by the union of an egg cell and a sperm cell
Derived forms
zygotic (zaɪˈgɑtɪk; zɪˈgɑtɪk)
adjective
zygotically (zyˈgotically)
adverb
Word origin
< Gr zygōtos, yoked < zygon, UNRESOLVED CROSS REF

Examples of 'zygote' in a sentence
zygote

This is where fertilisation takes place, and a zygote forms.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We are all a chance meeting, a miscarriage and half a zygote away from being someone else or nothing at all.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A young animal developed from a zygote as a result of repeated cell division.
McCahill, T. A. Biology Basic Facts (1982)
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