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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPOROCYST

Spo "ro *cyst, n. Etym: [Gr.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvæ by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs. See Redia.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any protozoan when it becomes encysted produces germs by sporulation.

New American Oxford Dictionary

sporocyst

spo ro cyst |ˈspôrəˌsist ˈspɔrəsɪst | ▶noun Zoology a parasitic fluke in the initial stage of infection in a snail host, developed from a miracidium. • (in parasitic sporozoans ) an encysted zygote in an invertebrate host.

Oxford Dictionary

sporocyst

sporo |cyst |ˈspɒrəsɪst, ˈspɔːrə -| ▶noun Zoology a parasitic fluke in the initial stage of infection in a snail host, developed from a miracidium. • (in parasitic sporozoans ) an encysted zygote in an invertebrate host.