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Meaning of ARTHROSPORE

Pronunciation:  'ârthru`spowr

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi
  2. [n]  a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria
 
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 See Also: cell

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ar"thro*spore\, n. [Gr. ? joint + E. spore.]
(Bacteriol.)
A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, but
now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria. --
{Ar`thro*spor"ic}, {Ar*thros"po*rous}, a.
 
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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: This is a cell formed by the fragmentation of a fungus' hyphae.
 
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