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spermatozoön

spermatozoön is the alternative spelling of spermatozoon.

Meaning of spermatozoon

Noun

spermatozoon (plural spermatozoa)

  1. A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.
    • But let us suppose [...] that one hardy or lucky spermatozoon has reached the waiting egg.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 339
    Synonyms:
    sperm cell, zoosperm

Forms of spermatozoön

pluralspermatozoa

Questions about spermatozoön

What is spermatozoön the alternative spelling of?
Spermatozoön is the alternative spelling of spermatozoon.

Words near spermatozoön in the dictionary

  1. spermatozoid
  2. spermatozoids
  3. spermatozooid
  4. spermatozooids
  5. spermatozoon
  6. spermatozoön
  7. spermaturia
  8. spermed
  9. Spermezeu
  10. spermhead
  11. spermheads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spermatozoön (page history and authors); spermatozoon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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