Usually means: Sexual reproductive cell, usually larger.
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  1. macrogamete: Merriam-Webster
  2. macrogamete: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. macrogamete: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. macrogamete: Collins English Dictionary
  5. macrogamete: Wordnik
  6. macrogamete: Wiktionary
  7. macrogamete: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  9. macrogamete: Dictionary.com
  10. macrogamete: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. macrogamete: Encyclopedia

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  1. macrogamete: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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▸ noun:  (cytology) The larger of a pair of anisogamous, conjugating gametes; the female ovule in plants or ovum for animals.

Similar:
microgamete, megagamete, macrogametophyte, macrogamont, macrogametocyte, megagametocyte, isogamete, megagametophyte, oogamete, merogamete, more...

Opposite:
microgamete, male gamete, sperm cell

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Similar:
microgamete, megagamete, macrogametophyte, macrogamont, macrogametocyte, megagametocyte, isogamete, megagametophyte, oogamete, merogamete, more...

Opposite:
microgamete, male gamete, sperm cell



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