— spermatozoal, spermatozoan, spermatozoic , adj.
/sperr'meuh teuh zoh"euhn, -on, sperr mat'euh-/ , n. , pl. spermatozoa /-zoh"euh/ . Cell Biol.
one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
[ 1830-40; ]