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"Sperm" is plural. The singular form is "spermatozoa."


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The name sperm whale comes from a truncation of the word spermacetti, which for all I know may be italian

for sperm..but that doesn't really matter because the name is used to describe a substance the sperm whale produces

that was mistaken for sperm when the whale was first studied.

 

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5 hours ago, PhilosipherStoned said:

The name sperm whale comes from a truncation of the word spermacetti, which for all I know may be italian

for sperm..but that doesn't really matter because the name is used to describe a substance the sperm whale produces

that was mistaken for sperm when the whale was first studied.

 

And, might I add, they didn't think they only produced one single sperm(atazoa?)

Edited by Doom Metal Alchemist
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