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ˈsporocyst
[f. sporo- + cyst n. So F. sporocyste.]
1. Zool. A cyst or capsule containing spores, forming a stage in the development of Trematodes, etc.
1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. vii. xiii. 392 The Echinococci are worms which are enclosed in very variable numbers in a membranous cyst (sporocyst). 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. iv. 209 There is, therefore, a very close resemblance between this cestoid embryo and the sporocyst of a Trematode. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 651 The Sporocyst possesses the power..of multiplying either by transverse fission,..or by gemmation.
2. Bot. (See quot.)
1866Treas. Bot. 1088/2 Sporocyst, the spore-case of algals. |