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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the male reproductive cell; the male gamete;
- Example: "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"
[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]