SPE- 296 SPH- 
spermatoid (spér’matoid) @.  [Gk. mes ete ee nm. [Gk. 
sperma. erma, S ie The 
sperma, seed ; etdos, resemblance. | 
zol.). 
oe —o 
n. plu. (Gk. sperma, seed ; meros, 
part.] Chromatin scrasdaasles iened 
from the sperm-nucleus (cyZ). 
sy Ct tts (spér’matéfor) 
G rma, seed ; pherein, to bear.] 
A capsule of albuminous matter 
oe a number of sperms 
(20 
spermatoplasm lps n. 
[Gk. sferma, seed ; plasma, some- 
thing moulded.] The erutopiaii 
of sperm cells (cy7 
sperma jr (Spe matéplast) 7. 
[Gk. sherma, seed ; gir moulded. ] 
A male satnal cell (doz. 
of 2 or more spermatozoa occur- 
ring in the vas deferens of some 
ay (zool.). 
rmatozoan (spér’matéz0'4n) a. 
(Gk. sperma, seed; zoon, animal.] 
Pert. spermatozoa. 
spermatozoid (spér’matéz0'id) #. [Gk. 
sperma, seed ; zoon, animal ; ezdos, 
resemblance.] An antherozoid; a 
free-swimming male gamete (éo¢). 
d 
ig ‘Teprodnctive cell, consisting 
of head, middle part, a and flagellum 
zool, 
spermiducal omnes. enaemmad 
structures into or near which sperm 
cts open, in many vertebrates 
(zool.). 
xp eee —— * [Gk. 
sperma, s L. ducere, net lead.] 
A duct ma ‘the eaiuee ecin of 
200. 
rm mokarp) a. {Gk 
sperma, s » fruit.] An 
oogonium after fertilization (dot). 
spér'mésén’'tér) 2, 
Sn a, s oer centrum, a 
The male centrosome 
during fertilization (cyt). 
outer poreeia of a seed (402.). 
spermoduct,—same as spermaduct, 
spermiduct. 
pe Ba MIRED (spér’mégénif’ériis) 
a. [Gk. sperma, seed ; gonos, off- 
spring; L carry. | Having 
perms igO'nitim) 7 
found on certain Fungi and Lichens 
ot.) 
oe (spérmég’dniis) a. [Gk. 
sperm eed; gonos, offspring. ] 
Like or a ie a spermogonium (bot.). 
— eS 
sperma, logos, discourse. ] 
is branch of Botany treating of 
eeds. 
praasent eca (spér'mothe'k’) nm. [Gk. 
sperma, see theke, a case. 
chamber for storing sperms received 
in copulation ; spermatheca (zoo/.). 
sphacelated (sf& sélatéd) a. 
obe ; rha 
onglomerate raphides ; 
 ehiaaed ef a crystals 
(ering Wien) n. 
[Gk. sphaira, a globe; engchyma, 
juice. ] Lapse et spherical 
cells (dzo. 
Pec “(sférid’fa) nm. plu. [Gk. 
Small rounded 
lar, ellipsoidal, or cylindrical; app/. 
a colony or aggregate of individual 
Protozoa (zoo/.). 
sphagnic ees (sfagnik’ dliis) a. [Gk. 
Sphagn oss; L. colere, to in- 
habit]. ” Inhabiti ing peat mosses 
at. ). 
Sie Sep. a. [Gk. sphag- 
co moss. ert, peat moss (4oz4.). 
sphenethmoid ier ceapaea tas [Gk, 
