sperms

Variant of sperm

noun

  1. the male generative fluid; semen
  2. pl. sperm or sperms a male gamete, esp. a spermatozoon rather than a spermatozoid

Origin: ME sperme < MFr esperme < LL sperma < Gr, seed, germ < speirein, to sow, scatter: for IE base see spark

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