Agamete Definition

ā-gămēt, āgə-mēt
noun
Any asexual reproductive cell that develops directly into an adult without fertilization, as in certain protozoans.
Webster's New World
An asexual reproductive cell, such as a spore.
American Heritage Medicine

(biology) A nonsexual gamete; a gamete involved in asexual reproduction.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Agamete

Noun

Singular:
agamete
Plural:
agametes

Origin of Agamete

  • From Greek agametos unmarried variant of agamos agamic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • a- +‎ gamete

    From Wiktionary

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Words Ending With

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