Thesaurus: zoospore

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1. 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.
2. n. See Swarmspore.
3. n. an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella
4. 1. (Bot.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoöspores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algæ. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoöspores and the smaller microzoöspores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore. 2. (Zoöl.) See Swarmspore.
5. n. an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella