spermatozoid

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sper=ma=to=zo=id

CIDE DICTIONARY

spermatozoid, n. [Spermatozoön + Gr. e'i^dos form.].

 The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoön. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

spermatozoid, n. the mature motile male sex cell of some plants.