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(n.) The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Spermatozoid'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/spermatozoid.html. 1828.
 
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