Sporozoite

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sporozoite
       n : one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide
           in one stage of their life cycle