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arthrospore |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arthrospore \Ar"thro*spore\, n. [Gr. ? joint + E. spore.] (Bacteriol.) A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, but now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria. -- {Ar`thro*spor"ic}, {Ar*thros"po*rous}, a. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: arthrospore n 1: a resting sporelike cell produced by some bacteria 2: one of a string of sporelike cells of some fungi and algae
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