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English noun: acrosome

1. acrosome (body) a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg


Broader (hypernym)appendage, outgrowth, process


Part meronymsperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon









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