spermatocyte

noun

A diploid cell that undergoes meiosis to form four spermatids. A primary spermatocyte divides into two secondary spermatocytes, which in turn divide to form the spermatids.

Of or pertaining to a spermatocyte.

noun

In botany, the mother-cell of a spermatozooid.

noun

The cell whose nuclear chromatin and cell-protoplasm become respectively the head and tail of the spermatozoön: synonymous with spermatoblast.

noun

Same as spermoblast.

noun

A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops.

noun

a male gametocyte that develops into four spermatids