planogamete Biol.
(ˈplænəʊgəˌmiːt)
[f. plano-2 + gamete.]
A motile gamete or conjugating cell: also called zoogamete. Hence planogaˈmetic a.
| 1886 [see gamete]. 1950 E. A. Bessey Morphol. & Taxon. Fungi i. 6 The two gametes may both be..motile (planogametes), as in the..Chytridiales. 1971 P. H. B. Talbot Princ. Fungal Taxon. vii. 91 A planogamete is a motile gamete, or sex cell, and planogametic conjugation..is the fusion of two gametes, one or both of which may be motile. |