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gamete

ga.mete \g*-'me-t, 'gam-.e-t\ \g*-'met-ik\ \-i-k(*-)le-\ n [NL gameta, fr. 
   Gk gamete-s husband, fr. gamein to marry,]fr. gamos marriage - more at 
   BIGAMY : a mature germ cell possessing a haploid chromosome set and capable 
   of in itiating formation of a new individual by fusion with another gamete 
   - ga.met.ic aj