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noun reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete
noun union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi Ancient Greek ἀμφίς (amphís)lbor. English amphi- English mixis English amphimixis From amphi- + mixis.
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