spermatozoon
noun
one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
spermatozoan
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a word derived from
spermatozoon.
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If he learns why & how mere cold can fertilize a mammalian egg, Shapiro may thereby explain how the meeting of spermatozoan and ovum forms the beginning of another human life.
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