Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
Phagocytosis of sperm cells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Of certain beetles, the consumption of fruits or seeds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The idea promulgated by Georges Le Clément de Saint-Marcq that the Eucharist involved the consumption of sperm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From spermato- + -phagy.
