Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A spermatozoon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
zoöspermium . - noun In botany, same as
zoöspore .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) One of the spermatic particles; spermatozoid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology One of the
spermatic particles;spermatozoid ,spermatozoon .
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Examples
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-- It has been very aptly suggested by an eminent physiologist that the ovum and zoosperm may be correctly considered as internal buds.
Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897
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Reproduction is effected through the union of the ovum with the zoosperm.
Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897
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It will be seen, then, that each spermatozoon, or zoosperm, actually contains, in an embryonic condition, every organ and tissue of the individual producing it.
Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897
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Even more than this: It is supposed that each ovum and each zoosperm contains not only the gemmules necessary to reproduce the individuals who produced them, but also a number of gemmules which have been transmitted from the individuals 'ancestors.
Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897
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-- It is often asked, and the question has elicited some discussion, Which is the principal reproductive element; the zoosperm, or the ovum?
Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897
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Reproduction is effected through the union of the ovum with the zoosperm.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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-- It has been very aptly suggested by an eminent physiologist that the ovum and zoosperm may be correctly considered as internal buds.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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-- The male reproductive element is called spermatozoon, or zoosperm.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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It will be seen, then, that each spermatozoon, or zoosperm, actually contains, in an embryonic condition, every organ and tissue of the individual producing it.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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Even more than this: it is supposed that each ovum and each zoosperm contains not only the gemmules necessary to reproduce the individuals who produced them, but also a number of gemmules which have been transmitted from the individual's ancestors.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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