zoospore noun. ['zǝʊǝspɔ:] M19.
[from ZOO- + SPORE.]
Botany & Zoology. A motile flagellated spore, occurring in certain algae, fungi, and protozoans. Also called planospore, swarm-spore.

■ zoospo'rangium noun, pl. -gia, a sporangium producing zoospores L19.

■ zoo'sporic adjective = zoosporous L19.

■ zo'osporous adjective producing, of the nature of, or involving zoospores M19.

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