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Etymology edit

1880-85; see spore and onto-.

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IPA(key): /ˈspɔɹ ɒnt/, /ˈspoʊɹ ɒnt/

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sporont (plural sporonts)

  1. (biology) In the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans: an encysted spore, developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.

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