Spermatozoon vs. Sperm

Spermatozoonnoun

(cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.

Spermatozoonnoun

Same as Spermatozoid.

Spermatozoonnoun

the male reproductive cell; the male gamete;

Spermatozoon

A spermatozoon (pronounced , alternate spelling spermatozoön; plural spermatozoa; from Ancient Greek: σπέρμα () and Ancient Greek: ζῷον ()) is a motile sperm cell, or moving form of the haploid cell that is the male gamete. A spermatozoon joins an ovum to form a zygote.

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.