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"The larger of a pair of anisogamous, conjugating gametes; the female ovule in plants or ovum for animals."
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"(cytology) The larger of a pair of anisogamous, conjugating gametes; the female ovule in plants or ovum for animals."
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],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "larger of a pair of conjugating gametes",
"word": "makrogameetti"
},
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"sense": "larger of a pair of conjugating gametes",
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"sense": "larger of a pair of conjugating gametes",
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},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "larger of a pair of conjugating gametes",
"tags": [
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"word": "macrogamete"
},
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"word": "macrogamet"
}
]
}
],
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"sense": "larger of a pair of conjugating gametes",
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},
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