ZYGOSIS

Etymology

Noun

zygosis (countable and uncountable, plural zygoses)

(biology) The union of gametes to form a zygote; conjugation.

Source: Wiktionary


Zy*go"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)

Definition: Same as Conjugation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 July 2025

SENSE

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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