See Also: Spermosphere(medicine)
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flip-flap (iou) and Spermosphere (medicine)


flip-flap (iou)



flip-flap noun, adverb, verb, & adjective. E16.
[Redupl. of FLAP noun with vowel variation: cf. FLIP-FLOP.]
A. noun.
Something that flaps. Now rare or obsolete. E16.
A kind of somersault. L17.
b. adverb. With a repeated flapping movement. L16.
C. verb trans. & intrans. Infl. -pp-. Flap. L16.
D. adjective. That flaps. rare. M19.

Spermosphere (medicine)


spermosphere
<physiology> A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a male germinal cell (spermospore), each constituent cell (spermoblast) of which is converted into a spermatozoid; a spermatogemma.

Origin: Spermo- + sphere.

Source: Websters Dictionary