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Meaning of ANTHEROZOID

Pronunciation:  `anthuru'zowid

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm
 
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 Synonyms: spermatozoid
 
 See Also: gamete

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\An`ther*o*zoid\, Antherozooid \An`ther*o*zoo"id\,
n. [Gr. ? flowery + ? animal + -oid. See {Zooid}.] (Bot.)
One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia
of cryptogams.
 

 

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