| AZYGOSPORES | • azygospores n. Plural of azygospore. • AZYGOSPORE n. a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi. |
| HOMOZYGOSES | • homozygoses n. Plural of homozygosis. • HOMOZYGOSIS n. the condition of being a homozygote. |
| HOMOZYGOSIS | • homozygosis n. Zygosis involving gametes that share at lease one common allele. • HOMOZYGOSIS n. the condition of being a homozygote. |
| HOMOZYGOTES | • homozygotes n. Plural of homozygote. • HOMOZYGOTE n. an organism or cell having the same alleles for a particular inherited characteristic. |
| HOMOZYGOTIC | • homozygotic adj. Originating from the same zygote. • HOMOZYGOTIC adj. relating to a homozygote. |
| MONOZYGOTIC | • monozygotic adj. (Of a twin) That has developed from a single fertilized ovum. • MONOZYGOTIC adj. developed from one zygote only, also MONOZYGOUS. |
| ZYGOBRANCHS | • zygobranchs n. Plural of zygobranch. • ZYGOBRANCH n. a type of gastropod having paired, symmetrically placed gills, also ZYGOBRANCHIATE. |
| ZYGOCARDIAC | • zygocardiac adj. (Anatomy) Yoke-like and cardiac; applied to an ossicle of the stomach of some crustaceans. • ZYGOCARDIAC adj. denoting certain paired lateral ossicles in the gastric mill of Crustacea. |
| ZYGODACTYLS | • zygodactyls n. Plural of zygodactyl. • ZYGODACTYL n. a bird, such as a woodpecker, having such toes. |
| ZYGOMORPHIC | • zygomorphic adj. (Biology) having bilateral symmetry. • ZYGOMORPHIC adj. bilaterally symmetrical, also ZYGOMORPHOUS. |
| ZYGOMYCETES | • zygomycetes n. Plural of zygomycete. • ZYGOMYCETE n. one of a group of fungi marked by the production of zygospores. |
| ZYGOPLEURAL | • zygopleural adj. (Biology) Having bilateral symmetry. • ZYGOPLEURAL adj. bilaterally symmetrical. |
| ZYGOSPHENES | • zygosphenes n. Plural of zygosphene. • ZYGOSPHENE n. a median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa, called the zygantrum, on the back part of the arch in front. |
| ZYGOTICALLY | • zygotically adv. By means of, or in terms of, zygosis. • ZYGOTIC adv. pertaining to a zygote, a cell formed by the union of two gametes. |