"sexual protoplasmic body," 1880, coined 1878 by German cytologist Eduard Strasburger (1844-1912), the widespread attribution of the word's coinage to Mendel being apparently erroneous. From Greek gamete "a wife," gametes "a husband," from gamein "to take to wife, to marry," from PIE root *gem(e)- "to marry" (cognates: Greek gambros "son-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law;" Sanskrit jamih "brother, sister," jama daughter-in-law;" Avestan zama-tar "son-in-law;" Latin gener "son-in-law"). See also -gamy. The seventh month of the ancient Attic calendar (corresponding to late January and early February) was Gamelion, "Month of Marriages." Related: Gametal.
雙語例句
1. The male gamete could not unite with the female.
雄配子不能與雌配子結合.
來自辭典例句
2. The other male gamete fuses with the secondary nucleus, forming the primary endosperm nucleus.
另一個雄配子和次生核結合形成初生胚乳核.
來自辭典例句
3. Gametes may develop without fertilization, or meiosis may substantially precede gamete formation.