Etymology

spermule

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Today it means: A spermatozoon. Full definition →

New Latin spermulum
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromspermulum
  2. English todayspermule

From New Latin spermulum, diminutive of sperma (“seed”). By surface analysis, sperm + -ule.

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