Gametocyte

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A diploid germ cell that divides by meiosis into a gamete.
  2. 2
    an immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis wordnet

Etymology

From gameto- + -cyte.

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germ cell

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