antherozoid

[ an-ther-uh-zoh-id, an-ther-uh-zoid ]

noun

, Botany, Mycology.

1. the motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.

antherozoid

/ ˌænθərəˈzəʊɪd; -ˈzɔɪd /

noun

1. one of many small male gametes produced in an antheridium

antherozoid

/ ăn′thər-ə-zō′ĭd /

1. See spermatozoid

Word History and Origins

Origin of antherozoid¹

First recorded in 1850–55; anther + -o- + z(o)oid

Word History and Origins

Origin of antherozoid¹

C19: see anther , zo ( o ) id

Example Sentences

In germination they develop a minute prothallus which bears archegonia to be fertilized by antherozoids developed from the microspores.

From Project Gutenberg

A, Male moss-flower stripped of its outer leaves, showing jointed filaments and oval sacs os and antherozoid cells zc swarming out of a sac. zc�, Antherozoid cell enlarged. z, Free antherozoid.

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Reproduction in the olive sea-weeds is also double, by zoospores, generally considered gemmæ, and by spores and antherozoids, which is a sexual process.

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Its extremity never opens, and we never find antherozoids; on the contrary, the antheridium presents, up to the maturity of the oospore, the appearance which it presented at the moment of fecundation.

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The upper part of the antheridium becomes separated from the parent stem by a septum, and its contents are converted into ciliated motile antherozoids.

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