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Hypnocyst
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hypnocyst'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hypnocyst.html. 1828.