1. immature male reproductive cells that develop into sperm during the final stage of sperm formation
Usage: biology; plural form

Examples

• The spermatids undergo further development to become mature sperm cells.
• During spermiogenesis, spermatids transform into functional spermatozoa.
• The biology textbook explained how spermatids are formed from spermatocytes.
• Researchers studied the development of spermatids in the laboratory.
• The process converts round spermatids into elongated sperm cells.
• Spermatids contain half the number of chromosomes found in other body cells.