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“Spoor” or “Spore”

spoor / spore are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

spoor s·p·UH·r

  • nounthe trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game.

spore s·p·AO·r

  • nouna small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion.
Usage

Examples in context

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“spoor”

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“spore”

  • Once in the gut, the spore injects its sporoplasm into an…
  • Gas spore,
  • …egg along with a fungal spore from a mycangia (a small…
  • …this stage, it becomes a spore laden xenoma.
  • …cm tall with an apical spore-bearing strobilus 4–10 cm long and…
  • The spore print is olive to olive-brown.

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