zoospore

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. Source: opted

2. n. See Swarmspore. Source: opted

3. n. an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

5. n. an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella Source: ecdict

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