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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of a pair of spores formed by the division of a vegetative cell in red algæ, Florideæ. It is the same as a tetraspore, except as regards number. See tetraspore.
  • noun An ascus which has only 2 instead of the usual 8 spores.

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