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zoocyst

zoocyst noun: a kind of encysted rhizopod resembling a sporocyst, except in the thickness and number of the protective layers.

Noun

zoocyst (plural zoocysts)

  1. A kind of encysted rhizopod resembling a sporocyst, except in the thickness and number of the protective layers.

Forms of zoocyst

pluralzoocysts

Origin of zoocyst

From zoo- + cyst.

Questions about zoocyst

What does zoocyst mean?
Zoocyst means a kind of encysted rhizopod resembling a sporocyst, except in the thickness and number of the protective layers.
What part of speech is zoocyst?
Zoocyst is a noun.
What is the plural of zoocyst?
The plural of zoocyst is zoocysts.

Words near zoocyst in the dictionary

  1. zoocloning
  2. zoocultural
  3. zooculture
  4. zoocurrent
  5. zoocurrents
  6. zoocyst
  7. zoocysts
  8. zoocytia
  9. zoocytium
  10. zoodendria
  11. zoodendrium

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