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Sperm vs Micropyle - What's the difference?

sperm | micropyle |

As nouns the difference between sperm and micropyle

is that sperm is (uncountable) semen; the generative substance of male animals while micropyle is (botany) in seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum.

sperm

English

(wikipedia sperm)

Noun

  • (uncountable) Semen; the generative substance of male animals.
  • *, II.12:
    • Other Nations there are, that never have use of fire; Others, whose sperme is of a blacke colour.
  • (cytology) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
  • * 2012 , Sarah Whitehouse, The Guardian , 13 Apr 2012:
    • Seeing the two little moving cells – the result of her egg and Luke's sperm – was incredible, and two very long weeks later the clinic confirmed I was pregnant.
  • (chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.

    • Synonyms

    * spermatozoon * sperm cell * cum

    Hypernyms

    * gamete

    Derived terms

    * asthenospermic * sperm cell * sperm count * sperm whale * spermatheca * spermatocyte * spermicidal * spermicide * spermous

    Anagrams

    * * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

    (nb-noun-mu)

    • Synonyms

    * sperma *

    Related terms

    * sperme

    Verb

    (head)
  • Imperative of (l)
    • ----

    micropyle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) In seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum.

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