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antherozooid, -zoid Bot.|ˌænθərəʊˈzəʊɔɪd, -ɪd|
[mod. f. L. anthēra + zooid (f. Gr. ζωοειδής like an animal).]
One of the minute moving bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams, analogous to the spermatozoa of animals.
1854Balfour Bot. 272 In antheridia there have been detected cells containing moving filaments, Phytozoa, or Spermatozoids or Antherozoids. 1871Darwin Desc. Man I. viii. 274 The locomotive power of the antherozooids. 1875tr. Sachs' Bot. 336 Antherozoids are..spirally coiled threads usually with a number of fine cilia on the anterior coils. |