noun
the male reproductive cell; the male gamete
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a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material
• Syn: ↑sperm, ↑spermatozoon, ↑spermatozoan
• Hypernyms: ↑gamete
• Part Holonyms:
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noun : a male gamete : a male germ cell — contrasted with egg cell
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Biol.
1. spermatozoon.
2. any male gamete.
[1850-55]
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sperm cell noun
A male gamete
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Main Entry: ↑sperm
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sperm cell,
1. the reproductive cell produced by a male animal; male germ cell. A sperm cell unites with an egg cell to fertilize it.
2. = spermatozoid. (Cf. ↑spermatozoid)
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noun, pl ⋯ cells [count]
biology : ↑sperm 1
Useful english dictionary. 2012.