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Webster 1913 Edition


Swarmspore

Swarm′sporeˊ

,
Noun.
1.
(Bot.)
One of innumerable minute, motile, reproductive bodies, produced asexually by certain algae and fungi; a zoospore.
2.
(Zool.)
One of the minute flagellate germs produced by the sporulation of a protozoan; – called also
zoospore
.

Definition 2024


swarmspore

swarmspore

See also: swarm spore

English

Noun

swarmspore (plural swarmspores)

  1. One of the minute motile reproductive bodies produced asexually by certain algae and fungi.
  2. One of the minute flagellate germs produced by the sporulation of a protozoan.

Synonyms

  • (reproductive body of algae and fungi): zoospore
  • (flagellate germ of a protozoan): zoospore