Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Swarmspore"
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}.
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