gamete
noun /ˈɡæmiːt/
/ˈɡæmiːt/
(biology- a male or female cell that joins with a cell of the opposite sex to form a zygote (= a single cell that develops into a person, animal or plant)
配子(形成受精卵的精子或卵子) 词源late 19th cent.: from modern Latin gameta, from Greek gametē ‘wife’, gametēs ‘husband’, from gamos ‘marriage’.