gamont Biol.
(ˈgæmənt)
[a. G. gamont (M. Hartmann 1904, in Biol. Centralbl. XXIV. 25), f. gamete + Gr. ὀντ-, ὤν, pres. pple of εἶναι to be, exist.]
In Protozoa, a cell that produces gametes.
| 1912 E. A. Minchin Introd. Stud. Protozoa ix. 181 It would perhaps be better to replace the terms ‘schizont’ and ‘sporont’ by ‘agamont’ and ‘gamont’ respectively. 1957 New Biol. XXIV. 27 Typically there are two distinct generations [in foraminifera], namely a sexual one (the gamont) which alternates with an asexual one (or schizont). 1965 V. A. Dogiel Gen. Protozool. (ed. 2) vii. 349 In Adelina a male and female gamont are invested in a thin membrane, under which the female gamont is transformed into a female gamete, while the male gives rise to 4 gametes. |