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[syn: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan]
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spermatozoon \Sper`ma*to*zo"on\, n.; pl. Spermatozoa. [NL.,
fr. Gr. ???, sperm + zo^,on an animal.] (Biol.)
Same as Spermatozoid.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spermatozoon
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]