Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autosperm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-tosperm
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sperm that has been produced endogenously.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Mating events whereby autosperm are donated to one partner while receiving allosperm from a third individual are known from sea slugs (see Chapter 8) and a monogenean flatworm (MacDonald and Caley 1975)."
"They seem to have mechanisms that favour fertilization by allosperm (donated by a partner) over autosperm (produced endogenously)."
"During copulation, the penis deposits the autosperm (which now become allosperm) into the vaginal channel of the distal hermaphroditic duct of another animal. The allosperm then travel to the spermatotheca."

Etymology

From auto- + sperm.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: auto

Usage

Inflected Forms

autosperms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

allosperm

Questions

What does autosperm mean?: Sperm that has been produced endogenously.
Where does autosperm come from?: From auto- + sperm.

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