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English Dictionary: Arthrospore by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arthrospore
n
  1. a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria
  2. one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arthrospore \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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