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sporozoite


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sporozoite  \Spo`ro*zo"ite\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  In  certain  Sporozoa,  a  small  active,  usually  elongate, 
  sickle-shaped  or  somewhat  am[oe]boid  spore,  esp.  one  of  those 
  produced  by  division  of  the  passive  spores  into  which  the 
  zygote  divides.  The  sporozoites  reproduce  asexually. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sporozoite 
  n  :  one  of  the  minute  active  bodies  into  which  sporozoans  divide 
  in  one  stage  of  their  life  cycle 




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