sperm
The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
Other meanings
sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.
semen; the generative substance of male animals.
A kind of
- gamete
Related words
- sperm bank
- sperm blossom
- sperm donor
- sperm morula
- sperm-blossom
- sperm sac
- sperm sack
- angiosperm
- asthenospermic
- endosperm
- allosperm
- antisperm
Word history
From Ancient Greek "σπέρμα" (seed, semen).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sperm” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.