sperm

/spərm/
/spəm/
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Other forms: sperms

Definitions of sperm
  1. noun
    the male reproductive cell; the male gamete
    “a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material”
    synonyms: sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon
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    type of:
    gamete
    a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
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/spərm/
UK
/spəm/
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