zoospore

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for zoospore

zoospore 🔊

zoospore : චලබීජාණූව

zoospore : සුස්පෝරය

zoospore : චලබීජාණුව

zoospore definition

Noun.

  1. 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.
  2. See Swarmspore.