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Definition of: zygote
(zī'gōt, zig'ōt) noun Biol.
1. The product of the union of two gametes.
2. An individual developed from such a union. [<Gk. zygōtos yoked <zygoein yoke <zygon a yoke]
—zy·got·ic (zī·got'ik) adjective
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