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The reproduction takes place by fission, or by the breaking up of the contents of the body after encystment, each portion becoming a distinct animal, or in other ways, but never by true eggs.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q by Project Gutenberg

Vorticella microstoma, in process of encystment, 300 linear; in the last the inclosing tunic is plainly developed.—Stein.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.

When about to reproduce, the creature retracts its pseudopodia, and forms around its exterior a structureless coat or cyst, an action which takes place frequently in lowly organisms, and is called their process of encystment.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various

Weismaun, encystment of protoplasm, 68; length of life and somatic cells, 96; origin of death, 83; tendency to early reproductiveness, 98.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John

Nevertheless, in no case does true encystment occur, the sex-cells being developed practically free.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various