reproductive cell

1. 1.

   a spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation

   Synonymsgerm cellsex cell

   Broadercell

   Narrowergamete

   Part ofreproductive system

Questions about reproductive cell

What does reproductive cell mean?

reproductive cell means "a spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation".

What is another word for reproductive cell?

Close synonyms include germ cell, sex cell. 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 reproductive cell a common word?

reproductive cell 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.