As nouns the difference between milt and sperm
is that
milt is the spleen, especially of an animal bred for food while
sperm is (uncountable) semen; the generative substance of male animals.
As a verb milt
is to impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.
milt English
Noun
( en noun)
The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
*, II.12:
- we see that certaine apprehensions engender a blushing-red colour, others a palenesse; that some imagination doth only worke in the milt , another in the braine.
* 1983 , Robert Nye, The Facts of Life :
- Adam Kadmon had pneumonia. Friar Goat cured it by tying a bullock’s milt to the soles of the lad’s feet, and burying the milt afterwards. Adam Kadmon immediately contracted the thrush.
Fish semen.
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Synonyms
* (fish semen) soft roe, white roe
Verb
( en verb)
To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.
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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
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==Norwegian Bokmål==
Synonyms
* sperma
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Related terms
* sperme
Verb
(head)
Imperative of (l)
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