blue-green_algae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *blue-green algae*:
NOUN	animal	blue-green algae, cyanobacteria	predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing / containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll

English > *blue-green algae*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
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.
Synonym	cyanobacteria
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
Narrower	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

HyperDic: blue-green_algae