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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) spermatozoid
a motile male gamete of a plant or fungus, produced in an antheridium.

Etymology: (1855–60)

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1. (noun) antherozoid, spermatozoid
a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm

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1. (noun) Spermatozoid
the male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid

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