Defn: A spore, or conceptacle containing zoöspores.
ZOOSPORE; ZOOESPORE
Zo"ö*spore, n. Etym: [Zoö- + spore.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoöspores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algæ. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoöspores and the smaller microzoöspores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Swarmspore.
ZOOSPORIC; ZOOESPORIC
Zo`ö*spor"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to zoöspores; of the nature of zoöspores.
ZOOTIC; ZOOETIC
Zo*öt"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Containing the remains of organized bodies; — said of rock or soil.