"oocyst" meaning in English

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        "A reproductive cell in certain fungi."
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          "ref": "1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, page 453",
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        "A thick-walled spore in the lifecycle of some parasitic protozoans that develops into sporozoite."
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          "spore",
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          "parasitic",
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        "(biology) A thick-walled spore in the lifecycle of some parasitic protozoans that develops into sporozoite."
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          "sense": "spore",
          "word": "ookysta"
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