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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Swarmspore \Swarm"spore`\, n.
1. (Bot.) One of innumerable minute, motile, reproductive
bodies, produced asexually by certain algae and fungi; a
zoospore.
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2. (Zool.) One of the minute flagellate germs produced by the
sporulation of a protozoan; -- called also {zoospore}.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Zoospore \Zo"o*spore\, n. [Zoo- + spore.]
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1. (Bot.) 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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2. (Zool.) See {Swarmspore}.
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