Spermatium Definition

spər-māshē-əm, -shəm
spermatia
noun
A nonmotile male sex cell in red algae.
Webster's New World
A very small, nonmotile male gamete, found in some lichens and fungi.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Spermatium

Noun

Singular:
spermatium
Plural:
spermatia

Origin of Spermatium

  • New Latin from Greek spermation diminutive of sperma spermat- semen sperm1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Spermatium Sentence Examples

  • In the Florideae, Lichens and Laboulbenjaceae the, male cell is a non-motile spermatium, which is carried to the female organ.

  • In favour of the conidial view is the fact that in the case of Collema and a few other forms the spermatia have been made to germinate in artificial cultures, and in the case of Calicium parietinum Moller succeeded in producing a spermogonia bearing thallus from a spermatium.

  • Only when a spermatium was found attached to the trichogyne did the further development of the ascogonium take place.

  • From these observations he drew the natural conclusion that the spermatium was a male, sexual cell.

  • Fertilization is effected by the passive convection of a spermatium from the antheridium to the trichogyne, to which it adheres, and to which it passes over its nucleus through an open communication set up at the point of contact.

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