Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A supposed class or other group of animalcules; sperm-animals: so called before their nature was known, when they were regarded as independent parasitic organisms.
- Plural of
spermatozoön .
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- noun Plural form of
spermatozoon .
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Examples
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The "fertilisation" of the frog's eggs is effected in ordinary conditions by the presence in the water of the pond, into which the female sheds them, of microscopic sperm-filaments (often called spermatozoa, or simply "sperms") which are shed into the water at the same time by the male frog.
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The animalculists held that the spermatozoa were the true germs, and appealed to the lively movements and the structure of these bodies.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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Into this casket, by a secret opening, filmy tubes thrown out by the pollen grains -- now enticed from their hiding-place on the stamens and clustered on the stigma -- enter and pour a fertilizing fluid, called "spermatozoa," through a microscopic gateway, which opens in the wall of the egg and leads to its inmost heart.
The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis Ellice Hopkins
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Dr Allen Pacey, senior lecturer in andrology at the University of Sheffield, said: "As a sperm biologist of 20 years 'experience, I am unconvinced from the data presented in this paper that the cells produced ... can be accurately called' spermatozoa '."
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Dr Allan Pacey, from the University of Sheffield, said: "As a sperm biologist of 20 years 'experience, I am unconvinced from the data presented in this paper that the cells … produced by Professor Nayernia's group can be accurately called' spermatozoa '."
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The tool used to genetically modify the chicken was developed by a team of three scientists at the Hyderabad-based Project Directorate on Poultry after two years of research using a gene of jellyfish and spermatozoa of a specific variety of chicken from the institute.
India Develops Transgenic Chicken Arpan Mukherjee 2010
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The tool used to genetically modify the chicken was developed by a team of three scientists at the Hyderabad-based Project Directorate on Poultry after two years of research using a gene of jellyfish and spermatozoa of a specific variety of chicken from the institute.
India Develops Transgenic Chicken Arpan Mukherjee 2010
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An outright spermatozoa transforms the squeaky clean Scrubbing Bubbles characters into curious and mal-intentioned creatures.
ArtScene: California Exhibitions that Keep the Summer Hot 2010
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Instead, they go rogue, secretly adding human genes to the mixture, producing a clandestine offspring which, at first, looks like a mammoth spermatozoa dipped in motor oil.
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The tool used to genetically modify the chicken was developed by a team of three scientists at the Hyderabad-based Project Directorate on Poultry after two years of research using a gene of jellyfish and spermatozoa of a specific variety of chicken from the institute.
India Develops Transgenic Chicken Arpan Mukherjee 2010
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