Zygote

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  zygote \zy"gote\ (z[imac]"g[=o]t), n.
     The cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a
     spermatozoon, or (broadly) the developing new organism
     arising from such a cell.
  
     Syn: fertilized cell.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  zygote
       n : the cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a
           spermatozoon (including the organism that develops from
           that cell) [syn: {fertilized ovum}]