sperm cell
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- the male reproductive cell; the male gamete“a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material”Synonyms: spermspermatozoonspermatozoanType of gametePart of semen, male reproductive systemParts acrosome, flagellum
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sperm cell
Physiology, one of the cells from which the spermatozoids are developed.
From the entry Sperm.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54