antherozoid

English

Alternative forms

• antherozooid

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀνθηρός (anthērós, “flowery”) + ζῷον (zôion, “animal”) + -oid.

Noun

antherozoid (plural antherozoids)

1. (botany) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.

Synonyms

• sperm

Translations

mobile male reproductive body in the antheridia of cryptogams

• Catalan: anterozoide (ca) m
• Finnish: siittiösolu, anterotsoidi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: antrasóideach m
• Portuguese: anterozoide m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “antherozoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• rhodizonate