sexual reproduction

1. 1.

   reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete

   Synonymsamphimixis

   Broaderreproduction

   Narroweranisogamyisogamy

Questions about sexual reproduction

What does sexual reproduction mean?

sexual reproduction means "reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete".

What is another word for sexual reproduction?

Close synonyms include amphimixis. 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 sexual reproduction a common word?

sexual reproduction 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.