LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

zoospora

zoospora f (genitive zoosporae)
Classical[zoˈɔs.pɔ.ra]Ecclesiastical[d͡zoˈɔs.po.ra]

Meaning

  1. femininezoospore
    Zoosporae primum in filamenta germinant, secundum discum producent.Zoospores first germinate into filaments, then produce a disk.1973 March 31, Bohuslav Fott, “Protoderma daphnicola sp. nov. (Ulotrichales, Chlorophyceae), a New Epibiontic Alga Growing on Daphnia”, in British Phycological Journal, volume 8, number 1 (overall work in English and Latin), →DOI, page 39 of 39-41:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativezoosporazoosporae
genitivezoosporaezoosporārum
dativezoosporaezoosporīs
accusativezoosporamzoosporās
ablativezoosporāzoosporīs
vocativezoosporazoosporae

Origins

By surface analysis, zoo- + spora.

Quick answers

What does zoospora mean in Latin?
zoospora, a noun, means “zoospore”.
What is the genitive of zoospora?
The genitive singular is zoosporae. zoospora is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce zoospora?
In classical Latin, [zoˈɔs.pɔ.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [d͡zoˈɔs.po.ra].