Spermatogonium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spermatogonium \Sper`ma*to*go"ni*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ????,
     ???, sperm + ??? offspring.] (Physiol.)
     A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal
     tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells
     (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids.
     [1913 Webster]