oogamous
/oʊˈɑɡəməs/
adjective
- Relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which a large, non-motile egg cell is fertilized by a small, motile sperm cell.
- Many algae and fungi have an oogamous reproductive system.
- The textbook explained how oogamous reproduction differs from isogamous reproduction.
- In oogamous species, the egg is much larger than the sperm.
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