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Sperm; spermatozoon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the male reproductive cell; the male gamete
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sperm, spermatozoon, spermatozoan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gamete
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
spermsel
— sperm
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Bulgarian:
сперматозои́д
(spermatozoíd)
— sperm
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Chinese Mandarin:
精細胞 /精细胞
(jīngxìbāo)
— sperm
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Chinese Mandarin:
精细胞
(jīngxìbāo)
— sperm
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Dutch:
spermacel
— sperm
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Dutch:
zaadcel
— sperm
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Finnish:
siittiö
— sperm
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Polish:
plemnik
— sperm
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Polish:
spermatozoid
— sperm
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Turkish:
sperm hücresi
— sperm