- sporozoid
- Zoospore o"["o]*spore, n. [Zo["o]- + spore.]
[1913 Webster]
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}.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) See {Swarmspore}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
