English dictionary
zoöspore
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noun
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A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoöspores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algæ. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoöspores and the smaller microzoöspores. Called also <i>sporozoid</i>, and <i>swarmspore</i>.
Source: webster1913