Sperm
(noun)
- The male reproductive cell, which is typically motile and fertilizes an egg in sexual reproduction.
- The milky fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated from the male reproductive organs.
Origin:
Late middle english: from latin spermato- (combining form of sperma, sperm- "seed").
Examples:
- The sperm fertilize the egg in the process of reproduction.
- The sperm count was low in his semen.
- The sperm whale is so named because of the large amount of spermaceti oil in its head.
- The sperm is produced in the testicles.
- The sperm are released during ejaculation.