Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Spermatozoid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spermatozoid \Sper`ma*to*zo"id\, n. [Spermatozo["o]n + Gr. ???
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 {spermatozo["o]n}. In
plants the more usual term is {antherozoid}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spermatozoid
n : a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or
gymnosperm [syn: {antherozoid}]
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