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Spermatozoon vs Spermatid - What's the difference?

spermatozoon | spermatid |

As nouns the difference between spermatozoon and spermatid

is that spermatozoon is the reproductive cell or gamete of the male, carried in semen, that fertilizes the ovum to produce the zygote while spermatid is a haploid cell, produced by meiosis of a spermatocyte, that develops into a spermatozoon.

spermatozoon

English

(wikipedia spermatozoon)

Alternative forms

* * spermatozoan

Noun

(spermatozoa)
  • (cytology) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male, carried in semen, that fertilizes the ovum to produce the zygote.

    • Synonyms

    * sperm cell * zoosperm

    Hypernyms

    * gamete

    Coordinate terms

    * ovum

    Derived terms

    * spermatozoal * spermatozoic

    spermatid

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia spermatid) (en noun)
  • (biology) A haploid cell, produced by meiosis of a spermatocyte, that develops into a spermatozoon