spermatia
- plural of spermatium.
Example Sentences
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Scientists have long thought that the seaweed’s spermatia simply drift wherever the current takes them, with only a slim chance of landing on a female seaweed’s reproductive organ.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2022
They do this by inadvertently collecting the algae’s sticky spermatia, its equivalent of pollen, on their bodies and sprinkling it around as they move from frond to frond in search of food and shelter.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
Like a powder-coated bee spreading pollen from plant to plant, isopods spread spermatia throughout a tide pool as they travel between seaweed clumps.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2022
Because Gracilaria gracilis produce spermatia that, like pollen grains, cannot move on their own, Dr. Valero wondered if the isopods might be playing a role in the spermatia’s dispersal.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
B, Mature plant discharging spores and spermatia through a small opening in the cell wall.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various
