Gamete vs. Gonad

Gametenoun

(cytology) A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.

Gametenoun

A sexual cell or germ cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes; a conjugating cell which unites with another of like or unlike character to form a new individual. In Bot., gamete designates esp. the similar sex cells of the lower thallophytes which unite by conjugation, forming a zygospore. The gametes of higher plants are of two sorts, sperm (male) and egg (female); their union is called fertilization, and the resulting zygote an oöspore. In Zool., gamete is most commonly used of the sexual cells of certain Protozoa, though also extended to the germ cells of higher forms.

Gametenoun

a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

Gametenoun

a mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.

Gamete

A gamete (/ˈɡæmiːt/; from Ancient Greek γαμετή gamete from gamein ) is a haploid cell that fuses with another haploid cell during fertilization in organisms that reproduce sexually. Gametes are an organism's reproductive cells, also referred to as sex cells.

Gonadnoun

(anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.

Gonadnoun

The testicles.

Gonadnoun

One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gland.

Gonadnoun

a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced

Gonadnoun

an organ that produces gametes; a testis or ovary.

Gonadnoun

a man's testicles or genitals.

Gonad

A gonad, sex gland, or reproductive gland is a mixed gland that produces the gametes (sex cells) and sex hormones of an organism. In the female of the species the reproductive cells are the egg cells, and in the male the reproductive cells are the sperm.