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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm;
[syn: antherozoid, spermatozoid]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spermatozoid \Sper`ma*to*zo"id\, n. [Spermatozoon + Gr. e'i^dos form.] (Biol.) 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 spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spermatozoid n 1: a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm [syn: antherozoid, spermatozoid]