noun
photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae
• Syn: ↑class Cyanobacteria, ↑Cyanophyceae
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cyanophyta, ↑division Cyanophyta
• Member Meronyms: ↑cyanobacteria, ↑blue-green algae, ↑Nostocaceae, ↑family Nostocaceae, ↑Oscillatoriaceae, ↑family Oscillatoriaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.