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    spermatozoon

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sper·ma·to·zo·on /ˌspɜːmətəˈzəʊɒn $ ˌspɜːrmətəˈzoʊɑːn/ noun (plural spermatozoa /-ˈzəʊə $ -ˈzoʊə/) [countable] technical  a sperm 精子
    Examples from the Corpus
    spermatozoon• As we have seen, each cell of the human body save the ovum and spermatozoon normally contains 46 chromosomes.    Origin spermatozoon (1800-1900) Modern Latin Greek sperma ( → SPERM) + zoon “living thing”
    sper·ma·to·zo·on nounChineseSyllable
    a sperm Corpus


    spermatozoon
    sper‧ma‧to‧zo‧on /ˌspɜːmətəˈzəʊɒn $ ˌspɜːrmətəˈzoʊɑːn/ noun (plural spermatozoa /-ˈzəʊə $ -ˈzoʊə/) [countable] technical
     Date: 1800-1900
     Language: Modern Latin
     Origin: Greek sperma ( ⇨ sperm) + zoon 'living thing'
    a sperm


    sperm·ato·zoonBrE /ˌspɜːmətəˈzəʊən/ 🔊NAmE /ˌspɜːrmətəˈzoʊən/ 🔊 noun (
    plural
    sperm·ato·zoa BrE /ˌspɜːmətəˈzəʊə/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌspɜːrmətəˈzoʊə/ 🔊     )     (biology 生物)     a sperm 精子