anisogamous

1. 1.

   relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape)

   Synonymsanisogamic

Questions about anisogamous

What does anisogamous mean?

anisogamous means "relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape)".

How many syllables are in anisogamous?

anisogamous has 5 syllables: a-ni-so-ga-mous. The stress falls on "so".

What is another word for anisogamous?

Close synonyms include anisogamic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anisogamous a common word?

anisogamous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.