| NOUN | animal | cyanobacteria, blue-green algae | predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing / containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll |
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| Meaning | predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing / containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton. | |
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| Synonym | blue-green algae | |
| Member of | class Cyanobacteria, Cyanophyceae, class Cyanophyceae | photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins |
| Narrower | nostoc | Found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies |
| trichodesmium | large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters | |
| Broader | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria | A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls |
| Spanish | cianobacterias, cyanobacteria | |
| Catalan | cianobacteri | |
| Adjectives | cyanobacterial | relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria |
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