spermatozoon
2 synonyms for spermatozoon, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A male sex cell, found in semen, that fertilises an egg to make a new embryo.
Synonyms
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Rare, literary or technical
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spermatozoan
Etymology
Built from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, "sperm") and ζῷον (zōîon, "living thing"), equivalent to spermato- + -zoon.
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