Spermatozoid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A ciliated male gamete produced in an antheridium.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A motile, ciliated male gamete produced in the antheridium of an alga, fern or gymnosperm
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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 spermatozoön. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See spermatozooid.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gamete   
    Variant
    spermatozoon   
    Hyponym
    antherozoid   
     
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