spermatozoid
Americannoun
noun
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A male reproductive cell produced in an antheridium, as in algae, fungi, and nonflowering plants. Each spermatozoid has cilia that propel it toward the archegonium.
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Also called antherozoid
Etymology
Origin of spermatozoid
First recorded in 1855–60; spermatozo(on) + -id 1
Example Sentences
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In Dudresnaya, on the other hand, the spermatozoid coalesces indeed with the trichogyne, but this does not develop further.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
J, a small portion of one of these more magnified, showing a spermatozoid in each cell.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton
And even from the protoplasm of the egg without its nucleus, with the aid of a spermatozoid.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste
In Coleochæte, the male cell is a round spermatozoid, and the female cell an oosphere contained in the base of a cell which is elongated into an open and hair-like tube called the trichogyne.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
The spermatozoid swims by means of its tail to meet the egg.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste
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