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CYANOPHYCEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cyanophyceae mean?
• CYANOPHYCEAE (noun)
The noun CYANOPHYCEAE has 1 sense:
1. photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae
Familiarity information: CYANOPHYCEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
class Cyanobacteria; class Cyanophyceae; Cyanophyceae
Hypernyms ("Cyanophyceae" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Cyanophyceae"):
blue-green algae; cyanobacteria (predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton)
family Nostocaceae; Nostocaceae (blue-green algae)
family Oscillatoriaceae; Oscillatoriaceae (blue green algae)
Holonyms ("Cyanophyceae" is a member of...):
Cyanophyta; division Cyanophyta (prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae))
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