What does "gamete" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "gamete"?

Common synonyms include: egg, germs, haploid, ova, reproductive cell, reproductive particle.

/ˈɡæmiːt/ noun

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Noun

1
A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
2
a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes wordnet

From Ancient Greek γαμετή (gametḗ, “wife”), γαμέτης (gamétēs, “husband”), ultimately from γάμος (gámos, “marriage”).