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sportscast
sportsman
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sportsperson
sportswear
sportswoman
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sporulate
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sporulate
spor·u·late [ spáwryə làyt ] (past and past participle spor·u·lat·ed, present participle spor·u·lat·ing, 3rd person present singular spor·u·lates)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
produce spores: to produce spores
[Late 19th century. < modern Latin sporula "small spore" < spora (see spore)]

spor·u·la·tion [ spàwryə láysh'n ] noun
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