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zoospore |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Zoospore \Zo"["o]*spore\, n. [Zo["o]- + spore.] 1. (Bot.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zo["o]spores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, alg[ae]. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozo["o]spores and the smaller microzo["o]spores. Called also {sporozoid}, and {swarmspore}. 2. (Zo["o]l.) See {Swarmspore}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swarmspore \Swarm"spore`\, n. 1. (Bot.) One of innumerable minute, motile, reproductive bodies, produced asexually by certain alg[ae] and fungi; a zo["o]spore. 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the minute flagellate germs produced by the sporulation of a protozoan; -- called also {zo["o]spore}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: zoospore n : an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella
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