ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at arthro- +ˌspō(ə)r noun
( -s )
Etymology: arthr- + spore
1.
a. : a thick-walled vegetative resting cell formed by segmentation of the filament in certain blue-green algae especially of the genus Nostoc
b. : an oidium in fungi
2. : a refractile body other than an endospore encountered in bacterial cultures and variously regarded as degenerate cells, as resistant vegetative forms, or as forms associated with a sexual cycle
• ar·thro·spor·ic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|spōrik adjective
• ar·thro·spor·ous -|spōrəs, (ˈ) ̷ ̷|thräspərəs adjective