macrozoospore

noun

mac·​ro·​zoospore

¦makrə+

: one of the larger zoospores produced by algae (as members of the genus Ulothrix) that bear zoospores of markedly different size compare microzoospore

Word History

Etymology

macr- + zoospore

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