germ cell

noun Biology.

1. the sexual reproductive cell at any stage from the primordial cell to the mature gamete.

noun

1. a sexual reproductive cell; gameteCompare somatic cell

n.

1. An ovum or a sperm cell or one of their developmental precursors.sex cell

1. One of the diploid cells in the reproductive organs of a multicellular organism that undergo division and are the precursors of haploid gametes, such as a spermatogonium or oogonium.
2. See gamete.