'Spermatozoon' definitions:

Definition of 'spermatozoon'

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noun
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]

Definition of 'Spermatozoon'

From: GCIDE
  • Spermatozoon \Sper`ma*to*zo"on\, n.; pl. Spermatozoa. [NL., fr. Gr. ???, sperm + zo^,on an animal.] (Biol.) Same as Spermatozoid. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'spermatozoon'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'spermatozoon'

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