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ZYGOTE

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 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)


Sense 1zygote [BACK TO TOP]

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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