sperm cell
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the male reproductive cell; the male gamete
a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material
Types & categories
- gamete hypernym
Parts & wholes
- semen part holonym
- male reproductive system part holonym
- flagellum part meronym
- acrosome part meronym
Related & opposite
- spermous derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spermous |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | semen |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | male reproductive system |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | flagellum |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | acrosome |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | gamete |