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spermatozoon


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spermatozoid  \Sper`ma*to*zo"id\,  n.  [Spermatozo["o]n  +  Gr  ??? 
  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  {spermatozo["o]n}.  In 
  plants  the  more  usual  term  is  {antherozoid}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spermatozoon  \Sper`ma*to*zo"["o]n\,  n.;  pl  {Spermatozoa}.  [NL., 
  fr  Gr  ???,  sperm  +  ???  an  animal.]  (Biol.) 
  Same  as  {Spermatozoid}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spermatozoon 
  n  :  the  male  reproductive  cell;  the  male  gamete  [syn:  {sperm},  {sperm 
  cell}] 




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