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schizophytes

schizophytes is the plural of schizophyte.

Meaning of schizophyte

Noun

schizophyte (plural schizophytes)

  1. (dated) Any of a class of primitive organisms that reproduce solely by fission.
    • Of 100 flagellates observed, stained so as to demonstrate Fusiformis unmistakably, 22 had an abundance of the schizophyte, 78 had none or very few. Many flagellates had a few forms identical in appearance with Fusiformis hilli adherent by one end to the posterior end of the body.1940, Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, volume 81, page 14

Questions about schizophytes

What is schizophytes the plural of?
Schizophytes is the plural of schizophyte.

Words near schizophytes in the dictionary

  1. schizophrenomimetic
  2. schizophrenomimetics
  3. schizophyceous
  4. schizophyllan
  5. schizophyte
  6. schizophytes
  7. schizophytic
  8. schizoplasmodiid
  9. schizoplasmodiids
  10. schizopod
  11. schizopodid

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