Definition of zoospore

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Zoospore (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..

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Phaeospore :: Phaeospore (n.) A brownish zoospore, characteristic of an order (Phaeosporeae) of dark green or olive-colored algae..
Zoosporangium :: Zoosporangium (n.) A spore, or conceptacle containing zoospores..
Zoosporic :: Zoosporic (a.) Of or pertaining to zoospores; of the nature of zoospores.
Macrozoospore :: Macrozoospore (n.) A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; -- found in certain green algae.
Microzoospore :: Microzoospore (n.) A small motile spore furnished with two vibratile cilia, found in certain green algae..
Swart :: Swarmspore (n.) One of the minute flagellate germs produced by the sporulation of a protozoan; -- called also zoospore.
Zoospore :: Zoospore (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..
Sporran :: Sporozoid (n.) Same as Zoospore.
Swarmspore :: Swarmspore (n.) One of innumerable minute, motile, reproductive bodies, produced asexually by certain algae and fungi; a zoospore..
Conidium :: Conidium (n.) A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoospores..
Zoospore :: Zoospore (n.) See Swarmspore.
Zygospore :: Zygospore (n.) A spore formed by the union of several zoospores; -- called also zygozoospore.
Rejuvenescence :: Rejuvenescence (n.) A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zoospores, etc..
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