SPERMATOZOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spermatozoid mean? 

• SPERMATOZOID (noun)
  The noun SPERMATOZOID has 1 sense:

1. a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm

  Familiarity information: SPERMATOZOID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPERMATOZOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

antherozoid; spermatozoid

Hypernyms ("spermatozoid" is a kind of...):

gamete (a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes)