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antherozoid

NOUN
  1. a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm

How To Use antherozoid In A Sentence

  • The product of the union of an antherozoid and an oosphere is termed an Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
  • Those which are of two kinds are, first, a generally aggressive and motile fertilizing or so-called "male cell," called in its typical form an _antherozoid_; and, second, a passive and motionless receptive or so-called "female cell," called an _oosphere_. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
  • When the egg has matured, these canal cells disintegrate to mucus, making way for the antherozoids.
  • At maturity, the antheridium bursts releasing the sperm cells or antherozoids.
  • On their release from the antheridia, the antherozoids must then swim through surface water to fertilize neighbouring egg cells.
  • Down this canal pass one or more antherozoids, which become absorbed into the oosphere, and this then secretes a wall, and from it grows the second or asexual generation. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
  • What! The sporule of a scrap of moss requires an antherozoid before it is fit to germinate; and the ovule of a Scolia, that proud huntress, can dispense with the equivalent in order to hatch and produce a male? Bramble-Bees and Others
  • The egg cells and antherozoids are collectively known as gametes, and the generation of the moss plant that bears them is known as a gametophyte.
  • - Botany, male, pollen-bearing organ of flower. antheral, adj. antherozoid, n. male sexual element in lower plants; spermatozoid. Xml's Blinklist.com
  • Those which are of two kinds are, first, a generally aggressive and motile fertilizing or so-called "male cell," called in its typical form an _antherozoid_; and, second, a passive and motionless receptive or so-called "female cell," called an _oosphere_. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
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