A gamete (from Ancient Greek γαμέτης; translated gamete = wife, gametes = husband)'s a cell that fuses with another gamete during fertilization (conception) in organisms that reproduce sexually. In species that produce two morphologically distinct types of gametes, and in which each individual produces only one type, a female's any individual that produces the larger type of gamete — called an ovum (or egg) — and a male produces the smaller tadpole-… (More on Gamete)