spermatozoonn.
/ˌspəːmətə(ʊ)ˈzəʊɒn/, /ˌspəːmətə(ʊ)ˈzəʊən/, U.S. /ˌspərmədəˈzoʊˌɑn/, /ˌspərmədəˈzoʊən/, /spərˌmædəˈzoʊˌɑn/, /spərˌmædəˈzoʊən/ One of the numerous minute and active filaments present in the seminal fluid, by which the fecundation of the ovum is effected.
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animalcule1686
animalcula1716
zoosperm1824
spermatozoon1836
spermatozoid1861
sperm1904
nemasperm1922
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 113/1 The Spermatozoa have been detected..in the different classes of the Articulate Animals.
1844 G. Bird Urinary Deposits (1857) 376 Mixed with these are generally found round granular bodies, rather larger than the body of a spermatozoon.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 245 The special secretion of the testis consists of certain spermatic filaments or spermatozoa.
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