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sper·mato·zo·id
\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈzōə̇d, (ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷-\ noun
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Etymology: New Latin spermatozoon + International Scientific Vocabulary -id
1. : a motile male gamete of a plant (as an alga or a moss, a liverwort, a fern, or a gymnosperm) that is usually produced in an antheridium and that swims freely by means of two or more anterior cilia prior to fusion with the egg or oosphere — compare spermatozoon, sperm nucleus
2. : spermatozoon 1 |