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spermatorrhea |
spermatospore |
spermatozoön |
spermatozoa |
spermatozoan |
spermatozoid
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| spermicidal
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spermatozoid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun spermatozoid has 1 sense
- spermatozoid(n = noun.plant) antherozoid - a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm; Array is a kind of gamete
CIDE DICTIONARY
spermatozoid, n. [Spermatozoön + Gr. e'i^dos form.].
The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoön . In plants the more usual term is antherozoid . [1913 Webster]
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