Sperm vs. Spermatozoon

Sperm vs. Spermatozoon — Is There a Difference?

Difference Between Sperm and Spermatozoon

Spermnoun

A male gamete, such as a spermatozoon of an animal or one of the cells or nuclei produced by a pollen grain of a plant. Also called sperm cell.

Spermatozoonnoun

The mature male gamete of an animal, usually consisting of a nucleate head, a short neck, and a thin motile tail.

Spermnoun

Semen.

Spermatozoonnoun

(cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.

Spermnoun

A substance, such as spermaceti, obtained from a sperm whale.

Spermatozoonnoun

the male reproductive cell; the male gamete;

a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material

Spermnoun

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

Spermnoun

Semen; the generative substance of male animals.

Spermnoun

(chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.

Spermverb

To ejaculate.

Spermverb

To ejaculate on or into.

Spermnoun

the male reproductive cell; the male gamete;

a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material