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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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