Relating to or characteristic of antherozoids, the swimming sperm cells of lower plants.
From 'antherozoid' + '-al' (adjective suffix). This technical term emerged in botanical literature in the mid-19th century as microscope technology revealed cellular details.
When scientists first saw antherozoids under microscopes, they were amazed—these plant cells had tails and moved like bacteria, which totally changed how people thought about plant biology in the 1800s.
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