Zoospore

[zәuәspɒ:]

Definition

(noun.) an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella.

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Definition

(n.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoospores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algae. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoospores and the smaller microzoospores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore.

(n.) See Swarmspore.

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Definition

n. a spore capable of moving about.—adjs. Zoospor′ic; Zoosporif′erous.

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