| NOUN | animal | trichodesmium | large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters |
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| Meaning | large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation. | |
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| Member of | genus Trichodesmium | A genus of blue-green algae |
| Broader | cyanobacteria, blue-green algae | predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing / containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll |
| Spanish | trichodesmium | |
| Catalan | trichodesmium | |
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