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semen

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se·men  (smn)
n.
A viscous whitish secretion of the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa and consisting of secretions of the testes, seminal vesicles, prostate, and bulbourethral glands. Also called seminal fluid.

[Middle English, from Latin smen, seed, semen; see s- in Indo-European roots.]

semen
Noun
the thick whitish fluid containing spermatozoa that is produced by the male reproductive organs and ejaculated from the penis [Latin: seed]

semen  (smn)
A thick, whitish fluid that is produced during ejaculation by male mammals and carries sperm cells.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.semensemen - the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
milt - seminal fluid produced by male fish
bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humor - the liquid parts of the body
sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon - the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"

semen
noun sperm, seed (archaic), (dialect) scum U.S. (slang) seminal fluid, spermatic fluid
Translations

semen [ˈsiːmən] nsemen m
semen [ˈsiːmən] nsperme m
semen [ˈsiːmən] nSamenflüssigkeit f, Sperma nt
semen [ˈsiːmən] nsperma m

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So much snow and so great heat are never met with in the same region; and indeed I never saw snow in Abyssinia, except on Mount Semen in the kingdom of Tigre, very remote from the Nile, and on Namera, which is indeed not far distant, but where there never falls snow sufficient to wet the foot of the mountain when it is melted.
" observed the clerk, while his face assumed an expression of great deference and servility--if not of absolute alarm: "what, a son of that very Semen Rogojin-- hereditary honourable citizen--who died a month or so ago and left two million and a half of roubles?
 
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