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- noun Plural form of
sperm .
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Examples
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Those from the male are called sperms or spermatozoa and those from the female eggs or ova.
Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family Melvin Moses Knight 1934
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We can only suppose that the final development of the sperms is the result of the presence of the single X chromosome in the successive generations of male gametocytes before the reduction divisions.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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The male gametes are called sperms and are produced in the testes.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows missingisland 2009
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They look like giant sperms, which is ironic because they don't have any.
WordPress.com News oceanup 2008
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They look like giant sperms, which is ironic because they don't have any.
WordPress.com News oceanup 2008
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They look like giant sperms, which is ironic because they don't have any.
WordPress.com News oceanup 2008
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They look like giant sperms, which is ironic because they don't have any.
WordPress.com News oceanup 2008
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They look like giant sperms, which is ironic because they don't have any.
WordPress.com News oceanup 2008
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European science, to the great Aristotle, we find that he had formed singularly correct conclusions as to the reproduction of the larger kinds of animals, though he knew nothing about "sperms," having no microscope, and only regarded the fluid produced by male animals as exercising a fertilising effect on the eggs, which in many instances are large enough for anyone to see.
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So many numbers, the bigger the better – 23,000 genes, 125m light reflector cells, 280m sperms etc.
TV review: James May's Things You Need To Know; Made in Britain 2011
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