sperm : Idioms & Phrases


dwarf sperm whale

  • 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

  • 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 also snub-nosed cachalot.
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sperm bank

  • noun a depository for storing sperm
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Sperm cell

  • 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.
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sperm count

  • noun the number of sperm in an ejaculate
    • the sperm count is used as an indicator of male fertility
  • noun the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate
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Sperm morula

  • . (Biol.) Same as Spermosphere.
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Sperm oil

  • 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.
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Sperm whale

  • 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.
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sperm-filled

  • adjective satellite filled with sperm
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