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zygote

zy.gote \'zi--.go-t\ \zi--'ga:t-ik\ \-i-k(*-)le-\ n [Gk zygo-tos yoked, fr. 
   zygoun to join together - more at Z]YGOMA : a cell formed by the union of 
   two gametes; broadly : the develop ing individual produced from such a cell 
   - zy.got.ic aj