introsperm
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[edit]Noun
[edit]introsperm (uncountable)
- In aquatically reproducing species, sperm that is not released into the water.
- 1991, Barrie G. M. Jamieson, Fish Evolution and Systematics:
- Aquasperm contrast with intemally fertilizing sperm which do not enter the water, for which these authors have proposed the term introsperm.