Definition of Antherozoid

1. Noun. A motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm.

Exact synonyms: Spermatozoid
Generic synonyms: Gamete

Definition of Antherozoid

1. n. One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antherozoid

anthemwise
anther
anther culture
antheral
anthered
antherid
antheridia
antheridial
antheridiophore
antherids
antheriferous
antheriform
antherogenous
antheroid
antherozoid (current term)
antherozooid
anthers
antheses
anthesis
anthill
anthills
anthimeria
anthimerias
anthiolimine
antho-
anthobian
anthobranchia
anthocarp
anthocarpous

Literary usage of Antherozoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"METHOD FOR STAINING antherozoid OF FERN (WITH ONE FIGURE) Some time ago the writer had a favorable opportunity to study spermatogenesis in some of the ..."

2. Lectures on the Physiology of Plants by Julius Sachs (1887)
"Of the first antherozoid no further trace was visible after four minutes, ... When the antherozoid has discovered the opening of the fertilising tube it ..."

3. Biology by Charles Letourneau (1878)
"The form of the antherozoid varies, but usually it is a filament more or less ... Always the antherozoid is formed at the expense of the protoplasm of ..."

4. The American Quarterly Microscopical Journal by New York Microscopial Society (1878)
"This antherozoid is then spherical and swims off with a slow, irregular rotation. Three minutes after leaving the sac, and after it has settled down to a ..."

5. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Joseph Decaisne, Emmanuel Le Maout (1876)
"Schimper says that the antherozoid, as long as it is enclosed in its cell, revolves rather quickly upon its axis; but, as the spiral tends to become ..."

6. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"The result of fertilization of an egg by an antherozoid is an oospore, which is resistant to unfavorable conditions and is usually dormant for a period ..."

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