sex cell
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The sperm and egg of living things. Sex cells have only half the number of chromosomes that other cells (body cells) have. (See meiosis.)
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a spermatozoon or an ovum
Synonyms: reproductive cell, germ cell
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