The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sporozoid \Spo`ro*zo"id\ (-[i^]d), n. [Spore + Gr. zo^,on an
animal.] (Bot.)
Same as 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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