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myxospore

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[mik-suh-spawr, -spohr] / ˈmɪk səˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr /

noun

Mycology.

a spore produced within any of various fruiting bodies of myxomycetes.

Etymology

Origin of myxospore

First recorded in 1850–55; myxo- + spore

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