zoogametehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoogamete_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoogamete, n.
Revised 2017

zoogametenoun

  1. 1879–
    (In algae and fungi) a motile gamete; = planogamete n.
    1. 1879
      A connecting link between the conjugation of similar zoospores (zoogametes), and the impregnation of a passive oosphere by mobile antheroids.
      Journal of Royal Microscopical Society vol. 2 935
    2. 1956
      Many river algae produce zoospores or zoogametes.
      Botanical Review vol. 22 318
    3. 2003
      The pheromone..elicits no response in..female zoogametes.
      J. H. Burnett, Fungal Populations & Species vii. 137/1

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.