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ISOGAMY

Dictionary entry overview: What does isogamy mean?

• ISOGAMY (noun)
The noun ISOGAMY has 1 sense:

1. (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of gametes of the same size and structure

Familiarity information: ISOGAMY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ISOGAMY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of gametes of the same size and structure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("isogamy" is a kind of...):

amphimixis; sexual reproduction (reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

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