akinete

akinete
/ak'euh neet", ay kuy"neet/, n.
(in certain algae) a nonmotile, asexual spore formed within a cell, the wall of which is fused to that of the parent cell. Cf. aplanospore.
[ < Gk akínetos without movement, equiv. to a- A-6 + kínetos moving, deriv. of kineîn to move]

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