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allosperms

allosperms is the plural of allosperm.

Meaning of allosperm

Noun

allosperm (countable and uncountable, plural allosperms)

  1. Sperm that has been received from another organism.
    • They seem to have mechanisms that favour fertilization by allosperm (donated by a partner) over autosperm (produced endogenously).2000, Robert T. Dillon, The Ecology of Freshwater Molluscs, →ISBN, page 80

Questions about allosperms

What is allosperms the plural of?
Allosperms is the plural of allosperm.

Words near allosperms in the dictionary

  1. allospecifically
  2. allospecificities
  3. allospecificity
  4. allospecifics
  5. allosperm
  6. allosperms
  7. allostasis
  8. allostatic
  9. allostatically
  10. allosteric
  11. allosterical

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