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sporocyst definition

spo·ro·cyst (-sist′)

noun

  1. Bot. a resting cell giving rise to asexual spores
  2. Zool.
    1. a saclike larval stage of many trematodes which produces rediae by asexual development from germinal cells
    2. a protective cyst produced by some protozoans before sporulation, or a protozoan in such encystment

Etymology: sporo- + -cyst

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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