spermatoˈzoal, a. Phys.
[f. spermatozo-on + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to spermatozoa; of the nature of a spermatozoon. So spermatoˈzoan, -ˈzoic adjs.
| 1858 J. W. Draper Human Physiol. (ed. 2) 518 Spermatozoic filaments, developing in Certhea vulgaris. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. xii. 661 The ascription of a spermatozoal nature to the striæ of the modified endoplastules is not warranted. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life Introd. p. xxv, Fusion of the nuclei, often termed the male (spermatozoal) and female (ovular) pronuclei. 1954 G. I. M. Swyer Reproduction & Sex ii. 24 The spermatozoan content of the ejaculate. |