microgamete (redirected from microgametes)

microgamete /mi·cro·gam·ete/ (-gam´et)

1. the smaller, often flagellated, actively motile male anisogamete.

2. the smaller of two types of malarial parasites; see gamete (2).

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mi·cro·gam·ete (mkr-gmt, -g-mt)

n.

The smaller of a pair of conjugating gametes, usually the male, in a heterogamous organism.

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microgamete

the smaller, actively motile male gamete which fertilizes the macrogamete in anisogamy.