Spermatozoa

4 definitions found

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

  Spermatozoon \Sper`ma*to*zo"on\, n.; pl. {Spermatozoa}. [NL.,
     fr. Gr. ???, sperm + zo^,on an animal.] (Biol.)
     Same as {Spermatozoid}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  spermatozoon
       n : the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is
           mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular
           material" [syn: {sperm}, {sperm cell}, {spermatozoan}]
       [also: {spermatozoa} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spermatozoa
       See {spermatozoon}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "spermatozoa":
     androcyte, antheridium, antherozoid, male gamete, milt, pollen,
     protein, scum, seed, semen, seminal fluid, sperm, sperm cell,
     spermagonium, spermatic fluid, spermatid, spermatiophore,
     spermatium, spermatocyte, spermatogonium, spermatophore,
     spermatozoid, spermatozoon