exospore

noun

exo·​spore ˈek-sə-ˌspȯr 

: an asexual spore cut off from a parent sporophore by the formation of septa

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First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

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exospore

noun

exo·​spore ˈek-sə-ˌspō(ə)r, -ˌspȯ(ə)r 

: one of the asexual spores separated from a parent cell (as in phycomycetous fungi) by formation of a septum