Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
spermatozoan .
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Examples
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Firstly, they are extraordinarily small, being usually the smallest cells in the body; and, secondly, they have, as a rule, a peculiarly lively motion, which is known as spermatozoic motion.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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There was so much to think of in this connection — the spermatozoic beginning, the strange period of gestation in women, the danger of disease and delivery.
The Financier 2004
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There was so much to think of in this connection -- the spermatozoic beginning, the strange period of gestation in women, the danger of disease and delivery.
The Financier, a novel Theodore Dreiser 1908
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