What is "sporozoite"

Sporozoite \Spo`ro*zo"ite\ (sp[=o]`r[-o]*z[=o]"[imac]t), n. (Zo["o]l.) In certain Sporozoa, a small active, usually elongate, sickle-shaped or somewhat am[oe]boid spore, esp. one of those produced by division of the passive spores into which the zygote divides. The sporozoites reproduce asexually.

n. Any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell.

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