sper·mat·o·zo·on (sp r-m t -z   n, -n, spûrm-t-)n. pl. sper·mat·o·zo·a (-z ) The mature fertilizing gamete of a male organism, usually consisting of a round or cylindrical nucleated cell, a short neck, and a thin motile tail. Also called sperm cell, zoosperm. sper·mat o·zoal (-zl), sper·mato·zoan (-zn), sper·mato·zoic (-z k) adj. |
spermatozoon [sper-ma-toe-zoe-on]
Noun
pl -zoa same as sperm (sense 1) [Greek sperma seed + zōion animal]
| spermatozoon (spr-mt-zn) Plural spermatozoa A sperm cell produced in the testis of an animal. |
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| Noun | 1. |  spermatozoon - the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"flagellum - a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa) come, cum, ejaculate, semen, seminal fluid, seed - the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract gamete - a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes acrosome - a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg male reproductive system - the reproductive system of males |
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