ZYGOTE
Dictionary entry overview: What does zygote mean? • ZYGOTE (noun)
The noun ZYGOTE has 1 sense:
1. the cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a spermatozoon (including the organism that develops from that cell)
Familiarity information: ZYGOTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ZYGOTE (noun)
Meaning:
The cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a spermatozoon (including the organism that develops from that cell)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
fertilized ovum; zygote
Hypernyms ("zygote" is a kind of...):
cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
Domain category:
being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
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