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Found 1 definition: sperm.

Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun sperm has 1 senses

sperm(n = noun.body) sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon - the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"
is a kind of gamete
is a part of come, cum, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid, male reproductive system
has parts: flagellum, acrosome
Derived forms adjective spermatic₁, adjective spermous₁

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

sperm, n. [F. sperme, L. sperma, Gr. , , from to sow. Cf. Spore.].

The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen. [1913 Webster]

Sperm cell (Physiol.), one of the cells from which the spermatozoids are developed. -- Sperm morula. (Biol.) Same as Spermosphere.

sperm, n. [Contr. fr. spermaceti.].

Spermaceti. [1913 Webster]

Sperm oil, a fatty oil found as a liquid, with spermaceti, in the head cavities of the sperm whale. -- Sperm whale. (Zoöl.) See in the Vocabulary.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

sperm, n. (pl. same or sperms)
1 = SPERMATOZOON.
2 the male reproductive fluid containing spermatozoa; semen.
3 = sperm whale.
4 = SPERMACETI.
5 = sperm oil.

Idiom:
sperm bank a supply of semen stored for use in artificial insemination. sperm count the number of spermatozoa in one ejaculation or a measured amount of semen. sperm oil an oil obtained from the head of a sperm whale, and used as a lubricant. sperm whale a large whale, Physeter macrocephalus, hunted for the spermaceti and sperm oil contained in its bulbous head, and for the ambergris found in its intestines: also called CACHALOT.

Etymology:
ME f. LL sperma f. Gk sperma -atos seed f. speiro sow: in sperm whale an abbr. of SPERMACETI

[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Cause

N cause, origin, source, principle, element, occasioner, prime mover, primum mobile, vera causa, author, mainspring, agent, leaven, groundwork, foundation, spring, fountain, well, font, fountainhead, spring head, wellhead, fons et origo, genesis, descent, remote cause, influence, pivot, hinge, turning point, lever, crux, fulcrum, key, proximate cause, causa causans, straw that breaks the camel's back, ground, reason, reason why, why and wherefore, rationale, occasion, derivation, final cause, les dessous des cartes, undercurrents, rudiment, egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule, radicle, semen, sperm, nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed, causality, causation, origination, production, caused, causal, original, primary, primitive, primordial, aboriginal, protogenal, radical, embryonic, embryotic, in embryo, in ovo, seminal, germinal, at the bottom of, connate, having a common origin, because, behind the scenes, causa latet vis est notissima, felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.