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[syn: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sperm \Sperm\, n.[F. sperme, L. sperma, Gr. ???, ???, from ????
to sow. Cf. Spore.] (Physiol.)
The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen.
[1913 Webster]
Sperm cell (Physiol.), one of the cells from which the
spermatozoids are developed.
Sperm morula. (Biol.) Same as Spermosphere.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sperm cell
n 1: the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is
mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular
material" [syn: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon,
spermatozoan]