aquasperm

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noun

Sperm that is released into an aquatic environment such as seawater.

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Meanings

nounaquasperm (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSperm that is released into an aquatic environment such as seawater.

    The spermatozoon of Aphyocharax anisitsi is a typical aquasperm with a spherical nucleus, short midpiece and short cytoplasmic collar.

    1998, Luiz R. Malabarba, Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes, page 242
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    Aquasperm contrast with intemally fertilizing sperm which do not enter the water, for which these authors have proposed the term introsperm.

    1991, Barrie G. M. Jamieson, Fish Evolution and Systematics

Origin

From aqua- + sperm.

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Chicago

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