From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishspermatozoonsper‧ma‧to‧zo‧on /ˌspɜːmətəˈzəʊɒn $ ˌspɜːrmətəˈzoʊɑːn/ noun (plural spermatozoa /-ˈzəʊə $ -ˈzoʊə/) [countable] technical a sperm
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spermatozoon• As we have seen, each cell of the human body save the ovum and spermatozoon normally contains 46 chromosomes.Origin spermatozoon (1800-1900) Modern Latin Greek sperma ( → SPERM) + zoon “living thing” 