What is "spermatozoa"

Spermatozoon \Sper`ma*to*zo"["o]n\, n.; pl. Spermatozoa. [NL., fr. Gr. ???, sperm + zo^,on an animal.] (Biol.) Same as Spermatozoid.

plural of spermatozoon, 1836.

n. (plural of spermatozoon English)

1. n. the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material" [syn: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan]

2. [also: spermatozoa (pl)]

See spermatozoon