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English → English (gcide) Definition: sporozoid Zoospore \Zo"["o]*spore\, n. [Zo["o]- + spore.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zo["o]spores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, alg[ae]. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozo["o]spores and the smaller microzo["o]spores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) See Swarmspore. [1913 Webster]