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Definition of Spermatozoan
1. Noun. The male reproductive cell; the male gamete. "A sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"
Terms within: Flagellum, Acrosome
Group relationships: Come, Cum, Ejaculate, Seed, Semen, Seminal Fluid, Male Reproductive System
Generic synonyms: Gamete
Derivative terms: Spermatic, Spermous
Definition of Spermatozoan
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to spermatozoa ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spermatozoan
1. [n -S]
Literary usage of Spermatozoan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1908)
"Again it may be argued that, if both spermatozoan and ovum contain both male and
female sexual elements, the dominant and recessive sex in the offspring ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1893)
"This is the fact given by the author as the reason for the Inat paper on the
list, that, while the male and female nuclei as found in ovum and spermatozoan ..."
3. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1911)
"Egg G + spermatozoan G = CG, Male." Tennent has obtained evidence which, I think,
shows that these formulas do not hold for all echinoderms. ..."
4. Footnotes to Evolution: A Series of Popular Addresses on the Evolution of Life by David Starr Jordan, Edwin Grant Conklin, Frank Mace McFarland, James Perrin Smith (1898)
"13, A and B, to the spermatozoan nucleus alone must be ascribed the hereditary
qualities. The larvae secured by Boveri were of the pure Echinus or paternal ..."
5. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1900)
"A separation must then be made between the spermatozoan as a bearer of hereditary
qualities and as a starter of non-parthenogenetic development. ..."
6. The Unity of the Organism; Or, The Organismal Conception of Life by William Emerson Ritter (1919)
"And since this part of the spermatozoan is proved to be the predominant element
in fertilization, and since the offspring inherit from the father no less ..."
7. The Unity of the Organism; Or, The Organismal Conception of Life by William Emerson Ritter (1919)
"Reduction by one-half in the number of chromosomes which occurs in typical
spermatogenesis does not take place here, so the spermatozoan receives the full ..."
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