Definitions for zygote

zygote zy·gote

Spelling: [zahy-goht, zig-oht]
IPA: /ˈzaɪ goʊt, ˈzɪg oʊt/

Zygote is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in zygote (egotyz).

Definitions for zygote

noun

  1. the cell produced by the union of two gametes, before it undergoes cleavage.

Origin of zygote

1885-90; Greek zygōtós yoked, equivalent to zygō-, variant stem of zygoûn to yoke, join together (derivative of zygón yoke1) + -tos adj. suffix

Examples for zygote

Is it, in other words, an unalterable property of the zygote, a genetic character?

But if the basis is not there, no amount of education can transform that zygote into a mathematician.

All these things are but the transfer from zygote to zygote of something extrinsic to the species.

The first change the zygote undergoes in all animals is what is generally called the segmentation or cleavage of the ovum.

Reorganization in the zygote of Barbulanympha without nuclear or cytoplasmic division.

If this is true, the centrosome of the zygote nucleus must be entirely derived from that of the male pronucleus.

What is the relation between gamete and zygote, between zygote and gamete?

From such a cell (zygote), half male, half female, the body of every living organism has sprung.

IX, X, show the formation of the zygote by fusion of the nuclei of the gametes.

But when the zygote in its turn comes to form gametes, the partnership is broken and the process is reversed.

Word Value for zygote
Scrable

19

Words with friends

19

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