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Sperm

/spɜːm/

The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.

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📖 Definitions of "Sperm"

noun

1
The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
2
Semen; the generative substance of male animals.
3
Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.

verb

1
To ejaculate.
2
To ejaculate on or into.

🔄 Synonyms of "Sperm"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
spermatozoonnoun	(cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.
sperm cellnoun	(cytology) Sperm; spermatozoon.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sperm"

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Word	Definition
sperm cellnoun	(cytology) Sperm; spermatozoon.
spermatozoonnoun	(cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.
semennoun	A sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.
gametenoun	(cytology) A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
amphiasternoun	(biology) A structure formed in mitosis, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
zpnoun	(medicine) Initialism of zona pellucida. [(anatomy) A glycoprotein membrane surrounding the plasma membrane of an oocyte.]
seednoun	(countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
sowingnoun	The act or process by which something is sown.
ambernoun	A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
monanoun	Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.
whalenoun	Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.
miltnoun	The semen of a male fish.
minanoun	(historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
cumnoun	An ejaculation.
dormnoun	Clipping of dormitory. [A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.]
wardnoun	Protection, defence.
capacitationnoun	Enablement; giving the capacity to do something.
seedingnoun	(sports, games) The arrangement of positions in a tournament.
mennanoun	A surname from Italian.
agglutinatingnoun	(countable) A clump of agglutinated material.