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Oocyst vs Ookinete - What's the difference?

oocyst | ookinete |

As nouns the difference between oocyst and ookinete

is that oocyst is a thick-walled structure under a mosquito's outer gut lining, formed by an ookinete while ookinete is the motile zygote of a parasite of the malaria mosquito that forms an oocyst in the mosquito's gut.

oocyst

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A thick-walled structure under a mosquito's outer gut lining, formed by an ookinete.

    • ookinete

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) The motile zygote of a parasite of the malaria mosquito that forms an oocyst in the mosquito's gut