Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun arthrospore

2 senses of arthrospore

Sense 1
arthrospore -- (a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria)
       => cell -- ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

Sense 2
arthrospore -- (one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi)
       => cell -- ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)