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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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spermatozoon \Sper`ma*to*zo"["o]n\, n.; pl {Spermatozoa}. [NL.,
fr Gr ???, sperm + ??? an animal.] (Biol.)
Same as {Spermatozoid}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
spermatozoon
n : the male reproductive cell; the male gamete [syn: {sperm}, {sperm
cell}]
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