Main Entry: spo·rog·o·ny

Pronunciation: \spə-ˈrä-gə-nē, spȯ-\

Function: noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1888

: reproduction by spores; specifically : formation of spores typically containing sporozoites that is characteristic of some sporozoans and that results from the encystment and subsequent division of a zygote

— spo·ro·gon·ic \ˌspȯr-ə-ˈgä-nik\ adjective