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monozoic, a. Zool.|mɒnəʊˈzəʊɪk|
[f. mod.L. Monozō-a neut. pl. (f. Gr. µόνο-ς mono- + ζῷον animal) + -ic.]
1. Belonging to the division Monozoa of radiolarians; = monocyttarian.
1890in Century Dict.
2. Applied to a spore which produces one sporozoite (see quot.).
1901[see polyzoic 1 b]. 1903Minchin Sporozoa in E. R. Lankester Zool. i. 165 The spores are distinguished as monozoic, dizoic, tetrazoic, polyzoic, and so forth, according as they contain one, two, four, or many sporozoites. In the monozoic condition there is no secondary multiplication within the sporocyst. |