antherozoid

English

Alternative forms

antherozooid

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἀνθηρός (anthērós, “flowery”) + ζῷον (zôion, “animal”) + -oid.

Noun

antherozoid (plural antherozoids)

(botany) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.

Synonyms

sperm

Translations

mobile male reproductive body in the antheridia of cryptogams

Catalan: anterozoide (ca) m
Finnish: siittiösolu, anterotsoidi

Irish: antrasóideach m
Portuguese: anterozoide m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for antherozoid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

rhodizonate

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