spore en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /spo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- /spoə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- spôr (Canada, General-American)
- spōr rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- /spoɹ/ (Canada, General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- spô (Received-Pronunciation)
- /spoː(ɹ)/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /spɔː(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”), related to σπόρος (spóros, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”). Related to English spread).
Meanings
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A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
Thresher maws are subterranean carnivores that spend their entire lives eating or searching for something to eat. Threshers reproduce via spores that lie dormant for millennia, yet are robust enough to survive prolonged periods in deep space and atmospheric re-entry. As a result, thresher spores appear on many worlds, spread by previous generations of space travelers.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Thresher Maws Codex entry:After anthrax spores were found in letters sent to Sens. Patrick Leahy and Thomas Daschle in 2001, Congress began screening all the mail that came into the building.
2017 June 14, Julian Zelizer, “The challenge of protecting members of Congress”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2017:
- A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spores | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pollen spore · azygospore · sporeless · aplanospore · sporophyte · sporiferous · nonspore · microspore · spore case · mycosporine · polyspore · sporeprint · prespore · anisospore · sporeforming · didymospore · cystospore · basidiospore · sporous · asexual spore · monospore · sporule · megaspore · amerospore · perispore · aneuspory · sporebearing · epispore · resting spore · ballistospore · sporification · zoospore · octospore · meiospore · sporo- · aeciospore · androspore · mesospore · exosporium · dinospore · phragmospore · sporabola · heterosporous · homospore · monosporic · protospore · prospore · oospore · arthrospore · acrospore · swarm spore · ascospore · sporation · blastospore · zygotospore · unispore · sporogenesis · swarmspore · uredospore · zygospore · forespore · cheirospore · gynandrosporous · sporicide · sporocide · sporal · sporangium · pseudospore · spore fruit · exospore · homosporous · helicospore · pycnospore · dictyospore · tetraspore · multispore · bispore · chlamydospore · idioandrosporous · phaeospore · sporoid · endospore · gymnospore · autospore · hypnospore · staurospore · milky spore · spermospore · archeospore · parthenospore · haplospore · sporelike · scolecospore · macrospore · isospore · sporeformer · auxospore · spore print · interspore · sporology
Descendants
Relateds
pollen · propagule · bulb · seed · gemma
Translations (58)
sv spor (reproductive particle) · cs spora (reproductive particle) · sw spora (reproductive particle) · fr spore (reproductive particle) · ru спо́ра (reproductive particle) · nn spore (reproductive particle) · af spoor (reproductive particle) · ro spor (reproductive particle) · fi itiö (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist) · tr spor (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist) · he נבג (reproductive particle) · it spora (reproductive particle) · vi bào tử (reproductive particle) · io sporo (reproductive particle) · es espora (reproductive particle) · et spoor (reproductive particle) · ro spori (reproductive particle) · is gró (reproductive particle) · ja 胞子 (reproductive particle) · id spora (reproductive particle) · hy բեղմնիկ (reproductive particle) · hu spóra (reproductive particle) · nb spore (reproductive particle) · cs spora (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist) · pl przetrwalnik (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist) · hy սպոր (reproductive particle) · de Spore (reproductive particle) · uk спо́ра (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist) · sl spora (reproductive particle) · chr ᎠᏴᎩᏍᏗ (reproductive particle) · fa هاگ (reproductive particle) · el σπόριο (reproductive particle) · sl tros (reproductive particle) · nl spoor (reproductive particle) · es espora (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist) · cmn 孢子 (reproductive particle) · fi itiö (reproductive particle) · it spora (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist) · et eos (reproductive particle) · es esporo (reproductive particle) · eo sporo (reproductive particle) · pl spora (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist) · hu spóra (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist) · uk спо́ра (reproductive particle) · hi बीजाणु (reproductive particle) · es esporo (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist) · bg спо́ра (reproductive particle) · ca espora (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist) · fa اسپور (reproductive particle) · th สปอร์ (reproductive particle) · ga spór (reproductive particle) · pt esporo (reproductive particle) · pl spora (reproductive particle) · ca espora (reproductive particle) · pl zarodnik (reproductive particle) · cs výtrus (reproductive particle) · mi pata (reproductive particle) · mi pua atua (reproductive particle)