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heterozygote vs fertilized ovum

fertilized ovum vs heterozygote

heterozygote and fertilized ovum both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
heterozygote Yes No No No
fertilized ovum Yes No No No
As nouns, fertilized ovum is a hypernym of heterozygote; that is, fertilized ovum is a word with a broader meaning than heterozygote:
  • heterozygote: (genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring
  • fertilized ovum: (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
Other hypernyms of heterozygote include zygote.
heterozygote (noun) fertilized ovum (noun)
(genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
Difference between heterozygote and fertilized ovum

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