ACROSOME

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("acrosome" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Holonyms ("acrosome" is a part of...):

sperm; sperm cell; spermatozoan; spermatozoon (the male reproductive cell; the male gamete)

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