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sporoplasms

sporoplasms is the plural of sporoplasm.

Meaning of sporoplasm

Noun

sporoplasm (countable and uncountable, plural sporoplasms)

  1. The protoplasm of a spore, particularly in the myxospores.
    • Sporoplasm varying considerably in size and shape, and sometimes filling all the extra-capsular portion of the shell cavity; in this condition presenting no evidence of segmentation.1894, R. R. Gurley, The Myxosporidia, Or Psorosperms of Fishes, page 268

Questions about sporoplasms

What is sporoplasms the plural of?
Sporoplasms is the plural of sporoplasm.

Words near sporoplasms in the dictionary

  1. sporophytes
  2. sporophytic
  3. sporophytically
  4. sporoplasm
  5. sporoplasmogenic
  6. sporoplasms
  7. sporopollen
  8. sporopollenin
  9. sporopolleninous
  10. sporopollenins
  11. sporopollinic

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