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- noun Plural form of
zoospore .
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Examples
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Such a behaviour is very similar to the production of zoospores which is so common in many filamentous algae.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The zoospores or mobile spores of many algæ and fungi.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 Various
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There were also spores and mycelial filaments of fungi, dirt, and zoospores.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 Various
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Reproduction: by cell division, by the conversion of the cell contents into zoospores, and by resting spores, formed sometimes after conjugation; in other cases, probably, by fecundation by spermatozoids.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 Various
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The families are formed either of assemblages of coated zoospores united in a definite form by the cohesion of their membranes, or assemblages of naked zoospores inclosed in a common investing membrane.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 Various
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Their contents (zoospores) are liberated, and quickly grow in the leaf, and soon permeate every tissue of the plant.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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The spores are large, and produce zoospores, or spores with hair-like tails
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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It is true one may argue that the zoospores of certain cryptogamia exhibit similar movements; but do not these zoospores possess as much of an animal nature as do the spermatozoa?
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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By these methods the cilia are seen to be fine protoplasmic outgrowths of the cell (fig. 1) of the same nature as those of the zoospores and antherozoids of algae, mosses,
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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-- Microscopic cellular fresh water plants, composed of groups of bodies resembling zoospores connected into a definite form by their enveloping membranes.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 Various
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