swarm cell

American  

noun

Mycology.

1. the amebalike germinated spore cell of myxomycetes.

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swarm cell British  

noun

1. another name for zoospore

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Etymology

Origin of swarm cell

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

He said: “Some people think they’ve managed it, but if you’ve overlooked just one swarm cell the bees will swarm anyway.”

From The Guardian

Although “The Grapes of Wrath” has seen many adaptations, few have received a treatment quite like “Swarm Cell” at Greenway Court Theatre.

From Los Angeles Times

However, while “Swarm Cell” is admirable in its diversity and cultural overview, it also is stylized to the extreme, the ritual tactics not always dovetailing with even abstract storytelling.

From Los Angeles Times

Aesthetically cohesive yet textually inchoate, “Swarm Cell” ultimately suggests the product of a university theater program, which, along with the festival circuit, is perhaps its ideal future destination.

From Los Angeles Times

Swarm Cell Two homeless women forge an alliance in a near-future dystopia in the world premiere of Gabriel Rivas Gomez's drama.

From Los Angeles Times