The Collaborative International Dictionary
sporozoid
Zoospore \Zo"["o]*spore\, n. [Zo["o]- + spore.]
(Bot.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zo["o]spores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, alg[ae]. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozo["o]spores and the smaller microzo["o]spores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore.
(Zo["o]l.) See Swarmspore.
Wiktionary
sporozoid
n. A zoospore.
Wikipedia
Sporozoid
Sporozoid may refer to a
- zoospore: The term sporozoid was formerly used in botany in this context.
- sporozoan (sporozoid protozoan), a member of the Sporozoa (now Apicomplexa, protists).
- sporozoite, a stage in the apicomplexan life cycle