different between oocyst vs zoocyst

English

From oo- +? cyst.

oocyst (plural oocysts)

(mycology, archaic) A reproductive cell in certain fungi. [from 19th c.]
(biology) A thick-walled spore in the lifecycle of some parasitic protozoans, that develops into sporozoite. [from 20th c.]
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 453:
  Ross had found in the stomach wall of an Anopheles mosquito the oocysts (eggs) which are the intermediate stage of the Plasmodium life cycle.

zoo- +? cyst

zoocyst (plural zoocysts)

A kind of encysted rhizopod resembling a sporocyst, except in the thickness and number of the protective layers.

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