'Sporozoite' definitions:
Definition of 'sporozoite'
(from WordNet)
noun
One of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle
Definition of 'Sporozoite'
From: GCIDE
- Sporozoite \Spo`ro*zo"ite\ (sp[=o]`r[-o]*z[=o]"[imac]t), n. (Zool.) In certain Sporozoa, a small active, usually elongate, sickle-shaped or somewhat amoeboid spore, esp. one of those produced by division of the passive spores into which the zygote divides. The sporozoites reproduce asexually. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]