SPERMATOZOON

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

spermatozoon (plural spermatozoa)

(cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.

Synonyms

• sperm cell

• zoosperm

Hypernyms

• gamete

Coordinate terms

• ovum

Source: Wiktionary


Sper`ma*to*zo"ön, n.; pl. Spermatozoa. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)

Definition: Same as Spermatozoid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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