(ˈ)āˈkīˌnēt, ˈakəˌ- noun
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Etymology: Greek akinētos motionless, from a- a- (II) + kinētos moving, from kinein to move; akin to Greek kiein to go — more at hight
in certain algae : a thick-walled single-celled nonmotile asexual resting spore formed by the thickening of the parent cell wall, corresponding to the chlamydospore of many fungi, and usually germinating directly into a new filament — see aplanospore