Term: zygote: (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
Candidate hypernym: 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 → 1
Candidate hypernym: grandfather clause: an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War → 0
Candidate hypernym: wolstonian glaciation: the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in Britain and the deposits laid down at that time → 0
Candidate hypernym: japanese oyster: a large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay → 0
Candidate hypernym: action spectrum: the efficiency with which electromagnetic radiation produces a photochemical reaction plotted as a function of the wavelength of the radiation → 0
Candidate hypernym: woodpile: a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel → 0
Candidate hypernym: slop: (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand → 0
Candidate hypernym: cartridge fuse: a fuse cased in a tube → 0
Candidate hypernym: silicone: any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation → 0
Candidate hypernym: fob: a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch → 0
Candidate hypernym: pythium: any fungus of the genus Pythium → 0