Spermatozoon

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



  Spermatozoid \Sper`ma*to*zo"id\, n. [Spermatozoon + Gr. e'i^dos
     form.] (Biol.)
     The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential
     element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like
     particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it
     is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is
     that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate
     threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also {spermatozoon}. In
     plants the more usual term is {antherozoid}.
     [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "spermatozoon":
     Anlage, androcyte, antheridium, antherozoid, bud, egg, embryo,
     germ, germen, loins, male gamete, milt, nucleus, ovum, pollen,
     protein, rudiment, scum, seed, semen, seminal fluid, sperm,
     sperm cell, spermagonium, spermatic fluid, spermatid,
     spermatiophore, spermatium, spermatocyte, spermatogonium,
     spermatophore, spermatozoa, spermatozoid