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gametogenesis
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noun
  1. (cytology) The process by which gametes are produced.
gamic
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adjective
  1. Formed as a result of syngamy (union of gametes), sexually produced, sexual.
genital
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noun
  1. (rare) the genitalia
adjective
  1. of, or relating to biological reproduction
  2. of, or relating to the genitalia
  1. (psychoanalysis) of, or relating to psychosexual development during puberty
germ
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noun
  1. (biology) The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud or spore.
  2. A pathogenic microorganism.
  3. An idea that forms the basis of some project.
  4. The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See w:Cereal germ, Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
gestation
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noun
  1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments).
  2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.
  3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise.
gonangium
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noun (gonangia)
  1. A capsule which encloses the blastostyle of some hydroids
grow
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verb (grows, growing, grew, grown)
  1. (intransitive) To become bigger.
Children quickly.
  1. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
The plant began to .
A long tail began to from his backside.
  1. (transitive) To cause something to become bigger, especially plants.
He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
gynandromorph
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noun
  1. A person having physical characteristics of both genders.
gynogenesis
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noun
  1. female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus

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