Word
cyanobacteria, n.
predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton
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blue-green algae
cyanobacteria
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
cyanobacterial
semantic pointers
hypernym
eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
member holonym
class Cyanobacteria, Cyanophyceae, class Cyanophyceae
hyponym
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trichodesmium