'Sporozoid' definitions:

Definition of 'Sporozoid'

From: GCIDE
  • Sporozoid \Spo`ro*zo"id\ (-[i^]d), n. [Spore + Gr. zo^,on an animal.] (Bot.) Same as Zoospore. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'sporozoid'

From: GCIDE
  • Zoospore \Zo"o*spore\, n. [Zoo- + spore.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) See Swarmspore. [1913 Webster]