'Spermatozoon' definitions:
Definition of 'spermatozoon'
(from WordNet)
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- androcyte,
- Anlage,
- antheridium,
- antherozoid,
- bud,
- egg,
- embryo,
- germ,
- germen,
- loins,
- male gamete,
- milt,
- nucleus,
- ovum,
- pollen,
- protein,
- rudiment,
- scum,
- seed,
- semen,
- seminal fluid,
- sperm,
- sperm cell,
- spermagonium,
- spermatic fluid,
- spermatid,
- spermatiophore,
- spermatium,
- spermatocyte,
- spermatogonium,
- spermatophore,
- spermatozoa,
- spermatozoid