gamete
noun /ˈɡæmiːt/
/ˈɡæmiːt/
(biology)- a male or female cell that joins with a cell of the opposite sex to form a zygote (= a single cell that develops into a person, animal or plant)Word Originlate 19th cent.: from modern Latin gameta, from Greek gametē ‘wife’, gametēs ‘husband’, from gamos ‘marriage’.