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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sporozoite \Spo`ro*zo"ite\ (sp[=o]`r[-o]*z[=o]"[imac]t), n. (Zool.) In certain Sporozoa, a small active, usually elongate, sickle-shaped or somewhat amoeboid spore, esp. one of those produced by division of the passive spores into which the zygote divides. The sporozoites reproduce asexually. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sporozoite n 1: one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle