EGGCELL

Egg cell

The egg cell is the female haploid reproductive cell in oogamous organisms. The egg cell is typically not capable of active movement, and it is much larger than the motile sperm cells. When egg and sperm fuse, a diploid cell is formed, which gradually grows into a new organism.

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egg cell

Noun

  1. A cell, found in females, which merges with a sperm cell to form a zygote.


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