heterogamety

noun

het·​ero·​gam·​e·​ty -mətē 

plural -es

: the production by one sex of a species of two types of gametes of which one is destined to produce a male and the other a female

Word History

Etymology

heter- + gamete + -y

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Rhymes for heterogamety

• amity
• calamity