单词 | gametocyst |
释义 | > as lemmasgametocyst gametocyst n. Brit. /ˈɡamᵻtə(ʊ)sɪst/ , /ɡəˈmiːtə(ʊ)sɪst/ , U.S. /ɡəˈmidəˌsɪst/ , /ˈɡæmədəˌsɪst/ (a) = macrogamete n. (rare); (b) Botany a unicellular gametangium (now rare); (c) a structure containing gametocytes or gametes in certain protozoans.ΚΠ 1901 Cent. Mag. Apr. 944 (caption) Female of sexual form, or gametocyst. 1904 Bot. Gaz. 38 241 Unicellular structures developing uninucleate gametes.—These organs may be called collectively gametocysts. 1926 C. M. Wenyon Protozool. I. i. 134 A cyst may be formed around two gametocytes, as in the case of gregarines. It is then distinguished as a gametocyst. 1961 R. D. Manwell Introd. Protozool. xxiii. 460 After a period of youthful wandering about its host's gut, it [sc. the young gregarine] picks a partner and the pair become encysted in a primary protective envelope known as a ‘gametocyst’. 2005 Behavioural Ecol. & Sociobiol. 59 224/2 We identified gregarine infections by searching for the large, opaque spheres (gametocysts) that occur exclusively in the hemocoel of the gaster of infected wasps. < as lemmas |
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