spermatozoön

A form of spermatozoon — A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.

Meanings

nounspermatozoön (plural spermatozoa)

plural spermatozoa

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of spermatozoon.

    The human spermatozoön possesses a head, a neck, a connecting piece or body, and a tail...

    1913, Henry Gray, Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied, new American/18th English edition, Philadelphia; New York: Lea & Febiger, page 42
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