Zoospore
botany, mycology. an as-xual produced by certain algae and some fungi, capable of moving about by means of flagella.
zoology. any of the minute motile flagelliform or ameboid bodies that issue from the sporocyst of certain protozoans.
noun
an as-xual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella
one of several spores produced in a saclike body (sporocyst) by some parasitic protozoans
zoospore
(zō’ə-spôr)
a motile flagellated spore that serves as a means of as-xual reproduction among certain algae, fungi, and protoctists.
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