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Meanings of sperm in English

Russian
сперма
Portuguese
esperma
Spanish
esperma
Wikidata

Male reproductive cells.

Related terms
сперма
Portuguese
espermatozoide
Catalan
espermatozoide

The male reproductive cell; the male gamete.

espermatozoide

Men's semen.

Usage of sperm in English
1
We have long felt that sperm is a particularly vulnerable life form.
The Irish Times
2
However, the mechanism of bovine sperm functional regulation is still largely unknown.
Pubmed
3
For example, a male may use chemicals to disable his predecessor's sperm.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
4
A new study shows something is decimating the sperm of Western men.
News.com.au
5
In any case, according to Louise, cellists generally have low sperm counts.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
6
But there is no normal state in which men stop producing sperm.
Radio NZ
7
They often mount each other, and go so far as depositing sperm.
BBC
8
Ambergris is a secretion formed in the intestines of the sperm whale.
Chatterbox, 1906
9
In length, the common sperm whale-line measures something over two hundred fathoms.
Moby Dick
10
But is it really true that sperm counts are in free-fall globally?
BBC
11
In another respect, the sperm is very different from the Greenland whale.
Old Jack
12
No one has tracked families of sperm whales for so long before.
BBC
13
Prospective parents aren't the only ones using the Net for sperm-related activity.
Wired
14
All but one region contains genes related to spermatogenesis and sperm morphology.
Pubmed
15
Thus, this protein marks a subpopulation of sperm cells in the ejaculate.
Pubmed
16
This bone is thought to be the tooth of the sperm whale.
My Native Land / The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, a...
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Spanish
esperma
Sperm through the time
Sperm across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Australia
Common
United States of America
Common
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