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sperm

[spurm] / spɜrm /


NOUN
seminal fluid
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The researchers used drones carrying sterile petri dishes to capture droplets from the exhaled breath of humpback, fin and sperm whales, combined with skin biopsies taken from boats.

From BBC

Scientifically known as the Haliphron atlanticus, the seven-arm octopus actually has eight arms, but males tend to keep their eighth, specialized arm — used for transferring sperm during mating — hidden, giving the appearance of only seven appendages, according to the MBARI.

From Los Angeles Times

"The population is like one big family," he says, "there is less taboo about these issues, and we are an altruistic population, many sperm donors also donate blood."

From BBC

And that, Schou says, has allowed the country to become "one of the few exporters of sperm".

From BBC

One aspect of the sperm donor investigation published earlier this week was how a man's sperm was collected at the European Sperm Bank in Denmark and then sent to 67 fertility clinics across 14 countries.

From BBC