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- noun A cyst of large size: applied particularly to the cyst or spore-case of certain algæ, notably Pyronema.
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- noun biology An
aggregate ofcells ofDictyosteliida formed duringsexual reproduction enclosed in acellulose wall .
Etymologies
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macro- + cyst
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