An alternative or variant term for antherozoid; a male gamete produced by mosses and ferns with flagella for movement.
From 'anthera' (anther) + 'zoon' (animal) + '-oid' (resembling), with an alternate spelling pattern. This variant emerged as scientists standardized nomenclature in the late 1800s.
The existence of 'antherozooid' as a variant spelling shows how scientific terminology wasn't always perfectly standardized—different researchers used slightly different versions until the scientific community settled on standard spellings.
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