zoospore Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella

WordNet

Zo"ö*spore noun (Also<
  • Zoospore
  • Zoöspore
)
Etymology
Zoö- + spore.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) 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 sporozoid, and swarmspore.
  2. (Zoöl.) See Swarmspore.

Webster 1913