sporocyst
/'spɔ:rә,sist/
📖 中文释义
- [植]孢子被
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- n. 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 larvae by internal budding, or by the
- subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute
- germs. See Redia.
- n. Any protozoan when it becomes encysted produces germs by
- sporulation.