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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell);
[syn: zygote, fertilized ovum]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

zygote \zy"gote\ (z[imac]"g[=o]t), n.
   The cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a
   spermatozoon, or (broadly) the developing new organism
   arising from such a cell.

   Syn: fertilized cell.
        [WordNet 1.5]