spermospore

Noun

 * 1)  The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids.
 * 2) * 1880-1881,, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology
 * The spermatozoa are formed either by the direct division of the spermospores into a number of cells, spermoblasts , each of which grows into a spermatozoon ; or by the nucleus of the spermospore becoming subdivided within the cell body