sporidium
[ spə-rĭd′ē-əm, spô- ]
n. pl. spo•rid•i•a (-ē-ə)
A protozoan spore.
A protozoan organism in its embryonic stage.
Nearby words
spore fruit, spore print, sporeling, spori-, sporicide, sporidium, sporiferous, spork, sporo-, sporoagglutination, sporoblast
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