Spermospore

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids.

    "1880-1881, Francis Maitland Balfour, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology 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 body"

Synonyms

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spermatosporespermatospore

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"1880-1881, Francis Maitland Balfour, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology 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 body"

Etymology

From spermo- + spore.

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