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cephalont
cephalont[′sef·ə‚länt] (invertebrate zoology) A sporozoan just prior to spore formation. cephalont
ceph·a·lont (sef'ă-lont), Adult stage of a cephaline gregarine, a sporozoan parasite commonly found in arthropods and other invertebrate hosts. The body is usually divided by a septum into an anterior epimerite and protomerite and a posterior deutomerite; acephaline gregarines lack a dividing septum. [cephalo- + G. ōn (ont-), being] |