oocyte

As nouns the difference between egg and oocyte

is that egg is (zoology|countable) an approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development while oocyte is .

As a verb egg

is to throw eggs at or egg can be to encourage, incite.

As nouns the difference between oocyte and zygote

is that oocyte is while zygote is zygote (fertilised egg cell).

As nouns the difference between embryo and oocyte

is that embryo is in the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus while oocyte is a cell that develops into an egg or ovum; a female gametocyte.

As nouns the difference between oocyte and oogonium

is that oocyte is a cell that develops into an egg or ovum; a female gametocyte while oogonium is an immature ovarian egg within a developing fetus.

As nouns the difference between oocyte and spermatozoa

is that oocyte is while spermatozoa is .

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and oocyte

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while oocyte is .

Oocyte is a hyponym of gonocyte.

As nouns the difference between oocyte and gonocyte

is that oocyte is while gonocyte is (biology) a long-lived germ cell responsible for spermatogenesis in males and oogenesis in females.

As nouns the difference between oocyte and ootid

is that oocyte is a cell that develops into an egg or ovum; a female gametocyte while ootid is the haploid cell, produced by meiotic division of a secondary oocyte, that is a nearly mature ovum.

As nouns the difference between oocyte and dictyate

is that oocyte is a cell that develops into an egg or ovum; a female gametocyte while dictyate is a resting stage in the development of oocytes, during the meiotic prophase.