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Zoocyst

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zoöcystnounArchaic spelling of zoocyst. [A kind of encysted rhizopod resembling a sporocyst, except in the thickness and number of the protective layers.]
zoocarpnounSynonym of zoospore.
oocystnoun(biology) A thick-walled spore in the lifecycle of some parasitic protozoans that develops into sporozoite.
ectocystnoun(archaic, zoology) The exoskeleton of some members of Bryozoa.
zoocytiumnoun(zoology) The common support, often branched, of certain kinds of social infusoria.
sporocystnoun(biology) A cyst that develops from a sporoblast and from which sporozoites develop.
sporozoidnoun(archaic) A sporozoan.
zoitenounsporozoite
polyzoic(zoology) Of a tapeworm, having multiple proglottids.
endocystnoun(zoology) An inner layer of the cyst walls of Bryozoa.
zoeciumnounAlternative form of zooecium. [(zoology) One of the cells or tubes which enclose the feeding zooids of Bryozoa.]
cystosporenounA zoospore within a cyst of a chytrid
synzoosporenounA compound zoospore.
zoosporangiophorenounA sporangiophore that has zoosporangia
oozooidnoun(zoology) A zooid that develops from an egg and reproduces by budding
oozoidnounMisspelling of oozooid. [(zoology) A zooid that develops from an egg and reproduces by budding]
zoöcytiumnounArchaic spelling of zoocytium. [(zoology) The common support, often branched, of certain kinds of social infusoria.]
cytocystnoun(biology) A hollow vesicle, the remains of a host cell occupied by a protozoan parasite.
zootheciumnoun(zoology) The outer layer of certain protozoans.
sporontnoun(biology) In the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans: an encysted spore, developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.

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