sporont

[ spawr-ont, spohr- ]

nounBiology.
  1. (in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.

Origin of sporont

1
First recorded in 1880–85; spor- + -ont

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