SPERM

sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan

(noun) the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; “a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sperm (countable and uncountable, plural sperm or sperms)

(countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.

(uncountable, slang) Semen; the generative substance of male animals.

(chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.

Synonyms

• (generative substance): cum (vulgar slang), semen

• (reproductive cell): spermatozoon, sperm cell

Hypernyms

• (reproductive cell): gamete

Verb

sperm (third-person singular simple present sperms, present participle sperming, simple past and past participle spermed)

(intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.

(transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate on or into.

Anagrams

• PMSer, perms, prems

Source: Wiktionary


Sperm, n.Etym: [F. sperme, L. sperma, Gr. Spore.] (Physiol.)

Definition: The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen. Sperm cell (Physiol.), one of the cells from which the spermatozoids are developed.

– Sperm morula. (Biol.) Same as Spermosphere.

Sperm, n.Etym: [Contr. fr. spermaceti.]

Definition: Spermaceti. Sperm oil, a fatty oil found as a liquid, with spermaceti, in the head cavities of the sperm whale.

– Sperm whale. (Zoöl.) See in the Vocabulary.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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