different between gamete vs spermatozoid

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (gamet?, “wife”), ??????? (gamét?s, “husband”), ultimately from ????? (gámos, “marriage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æmi?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Noun

gamete (plural gametes)

1. (cytology) A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.

Synonyms

• sex cell
• See also Thesaurus:gamete

Hypernyms

• germ cell

Hyponyms

• spermatozoon
• sperm
• ovum
• egg

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• oocyte
• spermatid
• meiosis
• syngamy

Anagrams

• metage

Italian

Noun

gamete m (plural gameti)

1. (cytology) gamete

Derived terms

• gametangio
• gametofito
• gametogenesi

Anagrams

• tegame

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sp??(?)?mæt??z??.?d/

Noun

spermatozoid (plural spermatozoids)

1. (biology) A motile, ciliated male gamete produced in the antheridium of an alga, fern or gymnosperm.

Translations

Azerbaijani

Noun

spermatozoid (definite accusative spermatozoidi, plural spermatozoidl?r)

1. spermatozoon

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French spermatozoïde

Noun

spermatozoid m (plural spermatozoizi)

1. spermatozoid, spermatozoon

Declension