SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sexual reproduction mean? 

• SEXUAL REPRODUCTION (noun)
  The noun SEXUAL REPRODUCTION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SEXUAL REPRODUCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEXUAL REPRODUCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

amphimixis; sexual reproduction

Hypernyms ("sexual reproduction" is a kind of...):

reproduction (the process of generating offspring)

Meronyms (members of "sexual reproduction"):

amphimixis (union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sexual reproduction"):

anisogamy ((biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size))

isogamy ((biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of gametes of the same size and structure)

 Context examples 

Such selection tends to occur by way of sexual reproduction.

(The curious tale of the cancer ‘parasite’ that sailed the seas, University of Cambridge)

Gametogenesis is the phase of sexual reproduction in which certain cells of a female or male individual (parent) are transformed into specialized reproductive cells (gametes) that will initiate development of a progeny individual (offspring) upon fertilization.

(Gametogenesis, NCI Thesaurus)