Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reproductive_cell

1 sense of reproductive cell

Sense 1
reproductive cell, germ cell, sex cell -- (a spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation)
       => cell -- ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)