Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The cell formed by the union of two gametes, especially a fertilized ovum before cleavage.
- noun The organism that develops from a zygote.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
zygospore . - noun In biology, a fertilized ovum, or the equivalent, in plants and in unicellular organisms, of a fertilized egg; the product of the conjugation of gametes, or sexual cells.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
fertilized egg cell .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The zygote is the first stage of development of an individual human being.
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A fertilised zygote is no more a person than an acorn is an oak tree.
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Do you know of anyone who would seriously claim a zygote is not alive?
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Do you know of anyone who would seriously claim a zygote is not alive?
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Do you know of anyone who would seriously claim a zygote is not alive?
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I certainly respect your points, anonymous ... but not everybody believes the way you do that a three-celled zygote is akin to an infant.
The skinny David 2008
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September 13th, 2008 at 11: 01 pm fifth monarchy man: Would a Spartan warrior feel slighted if he were to be killed for the good of the community? fifth monarchy man: Do you know of anyone who would seriously claim a zygote is not alive?
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After a sperm and egg meet, the resulting cell is known as a zygote.
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(And by the way, stop using the “individual DNA” stuff to try to define why a zygote is “a separate human life.”
Matthew Yglesias » Legislation Effecting Women: Now With Input From Women 2009
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At fertilization, the egg and sperm cease to exist and an new entity called a zygote comes into being.
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