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spermatozoon
[ spur-mat-uh-zoh-uhn, -on, spur-muh-tuh- ]
noun
- one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
spermatozoon
/ ˌɜːəəʊˈəʊɒ /
noun
- any of the male reproductive cells released in the semen during ejaculation, consisting of a flattened egg-shaped head, a long neck, and a whiplike tail by which it moves to fertilize the female ovum Also calledspermzoosperm
spermatozoon
/ ə-ă′ə-ō′ŏ′ /
, Plural spermatozoa
- A sperm cell produced in the testis of an animal.
Derived Forms
- ˌٴˈDz, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- m··a m··a m··i adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of spermatozoon1
Example Sentences
Mature spermatozoa are characterized by an head, midpiece and a long tail for locomotion.
Converting these cells into viable spermatozoa could help to save the critically endangered animal from extinction.
The Oklahoma measure defines fertilisation as the "fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum".
Some are revealed to have long, squiggly tails — spermatozoa, perhaps, which resonate against the labial form that Rist designed for the lights.
In Mr. Wiley’s “Napoleon,” from 2005, the Alpine setting has given way to an abstract ground of red and gold brocade, speckled, strange to say, by swimming spermatozoa.
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