spermnoun
uk/spɜːm/us/spɝːm/plural sperm or sperms[ C ] a sex cell produced by a man or male animal:
In human reproduction, one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.
[ U ] informal for semen (= the liquid produced by the male sex organs that contains sperm)
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Animal reproduction
- asexual
- asexual reproduction
- bird
- breed
- egg
- embryo
- embryonic
- estrogen
- fertilize
- incubate
- infertile
- inseminate
- lamb
- mate
- ova
- reproduction
- seminal
- spawning ground
- spermatozoon
- the birds and the bees idiom
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