Sperm vs. Ovum

Spermnoun

(countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.

Spermnoun

Semen; the generative substance of male animals.

Spermnoun

(chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.

Spermverb

To ejaculate.

Spermverb

To ejaculate on or into.

Spermnoun

The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen.

Spermnoun

Spermaceti.

Spermnoun

the male reproductive cell; the male gamete;

Sperm

Sperm is the male reproductive cell, or gamete, in anisogamous forms of sexual reproduction (forms in which there is a larger, reproductive cell and a smaller, one). Animals produce motile sperm with a tail known as a flagellum, which are known as spermatozoa, while some red algae and fungi produce non-motile sperm cells, known as spermatia.

Ovumnoun

(cytology) The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.

Ovumnoun

A more or less spherical and transparent cell, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.

Ovumnoun

One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.

Ovumnoun

the female reproductive cell; the female gamete