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spermatozoon

[spur-mat-uh-zoh-uhn, -on, spur-muh-tuh-]

noun

Cell Biology.

plural

spermatozoa 
  1. one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.



spermatozoon

/ ˌɜːəəʊˈəʊɒ /

noun

  1. Also called: sperm. zoosperm.any of the male reproductive cells released in the semen during ejaculation, consisting of a flattened egg-shaped head, a long neck, and a whiplike tail by which it moves to fertilize the female ovum

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spermatozoon

plural

spermatozoa 
  1. A sperm cell produced in the testis of an animal.

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Other Word Forms

  • spermatozoal adjective
  • spermatozoan adjective
  • spermatozoic adjective
  • ˌٴˈDz adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spermatozoon1

From New Latin, dating back to 1830–40; spermato-, -zoon
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Example Sentences

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Mature spermatozoa are characterized by an head, midpiece and a long tail for locomotion.

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Converting these cells into viable spermatozoa could help to save the critically endangered animal from extinction.

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The Oklahoma measure defines fertilisation as the "fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum".

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Some are revealed to have long, squiggly tails — spermatozoa, perhaps, which resonate against the labial form that Rist designed for the lights.

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In Mr. Wiley’s “Napoleon,” from 2005, the Alpine setting has given way to an abstract ground of red and gold brocade, speckled, strange to say, by swimming spermatozoa.

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