sporont

sporont
/spawr"ont, spohr"-/, n. Biol.
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
[1880-85; SPOR- + Gk ont- (see ONTO-)]

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