noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A fertilized female zygote, having thick chitinous walls, that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi
2. 2
   a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi wordnet

Etymology

From oo- + spore.

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