zoosporicadj.
/zuː(ə)ˈspɔːrɪk/, /zəʊəˈspɔːrɪk/, U.S. /ˌzu(ə)ˈspɔrɪk/, /ˌzoʊəˈspɔrɪk/ Biology.
Producing zoospores; of the nature of, or effected by zoospores; = zoosporous adj. at zoospore n. Derivatives.
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formalc1400
sporular1819
zoosporous1845
zoosporic1854
polysporous1858
polyspored1882
sporulating1897
sporulated1898
polyzoic1901
zygosporic1906
polyspore1959
propagular1967
1854 Florist & Hort. Jrnl. (Philadelphia) 3 102 (title) Details on the mode of reproduction of zoosporic algæ.
1885 Bot. Gaz. 10 236 The parasite while in its zoosporic stage makes its way into an epidermal cell, which then increases rapidly in size.
1942 J. S. Karling Simple Holocarpic Biflagellate Phycomycetes 102 These fungi constitute an ascending evolutionary line originating in the zoosporic Monadineae.
1974 Amer. Biol. Teacher 36 118/3 Part 3..leads the students in elaborate detail through the culturing and examination of the life cycles of a zoosporic plant (a water mold, Allomyces).
2002 N. P. Money Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard vi. 121 In frog diseases, human pythiosis, potato blight, and all of the maladies caused by zoosporic fungi, zoospores are the agents that initiate the infection.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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