Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A naked motile reproductive body produced asexually by certain Fungi and Algæ; a zoöspore. See
microcyst . - noun The peculiar gemmule (see
gemmule ) of sponges; the so-called planula or ciliated sponge-embryo, regarded not as an embryonic body, but as a coherent aggregate of monadiform spores.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) One of innumerable minute, motile, reproductive bodies, produced asexually by certain algæ and fungi; a zoöspore.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the minute flagellate germs produced by the sporulation of a protozoan; -- called also
zoöspore .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of the minute
motile reproductive bodies producedasexually by certainalgae andfungi . - noun One of the minute
flagellate germs produced by thesporulation of aprotozoan .
Etymologies
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swarm + spore
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