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Zoospore
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoospores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algae. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoospores and the smaller microzoospores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore.
(2):
(n.) See Swarmspore.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Zoospore'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​z/zoospore.html. 1828.