sperm : Idioms & Phrases
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dwarf sperm whale
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noun very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific
Kogia simus.
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Pullet sperm
- the treadle of an egg. Obs.
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Pygmy sperm whale
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noun small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America
Kogia breviceps.
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(Zoöl.) , a small whale (Kogia breviceps ), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called alsosnub-nosed cachalot .
Webster 1913
sperm bank
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noun a depository for storing sperm
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Sperm cell
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noun the male reproductive cell; the male gamete
sperm; spermatozoan; spermatozoon.
- a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material
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(Physiol.) , one of the cells from which the spermatozoids are developed.
Webster 1913
sperm count
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noun the number of sperm in an ejaculate
- the sperm count is used as an indicator of male fertility
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noun the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate
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Sperm morula
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(Biol.) Same asSpermosphere .
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Sperm oil
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noun an animal oil found in the blubber of the sperm whale
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- a fatty oil found as a liquid, with spermaceti, in the head cavities of the sperm whale.
Webster 1913
Sperm whale
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noun large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
black whale; Physeter catodon; cachalot.
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- .
(Zoöl.) See in the Vocabulary.
Webster 1913
sperm-filled
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adjective satellite filled with sperm