sporozoite

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Noun

HYPHEN

spo=ro=zo=ite

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sporozoite has 1 sense

sporozoite(n = noun.animal) - one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle;

is a kind of

sporozoan

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sporozoite, n.

In certain Sporozoa, a small active, usually elongate, sickle-shaped or somewhat amœboid spore, esp. one of those produced by division of the passive spores into which the zygote divides. The sporozoites reproduce asexually. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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