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spermatospore

spermatospore is the archaic form of spermospore.

Meaning of spermospore

Noun

spermospore (plural spermospores)

  1. The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids.
    • The spermatozoa are formed either by the direct division of the spermospores into a number of cells , spermoblasts , each of which grows into a spermatozoon ; or by the nucleus of the spermospore becoming subdivided within the cell body1880-1881, Francis Maitland Balfour, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology
    Synonyms:
    spermatospore

Forms of spermatospore

pluralspermatospores

Questions about spermatospore

What is spermatospore the archaic form of?
Spermatospore is the archaic form of spermospore.

Words near spermatospore in the dictionary

  1. spermatorrhea
  2. spermatorrheas
  3. spermatorrhoea
  4. spermatorrhoeas
  5. spermatorrhœa
  6. spermatospore
  7. spermatospores
  8. spermatostyle
  9. spermatostyles
  10. spermatotheca
  11. spermatothecae

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