Word info Synonyms Antonyms

zoospore

Noun

Meaning

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.

See Swarmspore.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

Related terms

Close letter words and terms