Akademik

Cyanophyceae

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, ↑class Cyanophyceae

• Hypernyms: ↑class

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cyanophyta, ↑division Cyanophyta

• Member Meronyms: ↑cyanobacteria, ↑blue-green algae, ↑Nostocaceae, ↑family Nostocaceae, ↑Oscillatoriaceae, ↑family Oscillatoriaceae

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\\ˌsīəˌnōˈfīsēˌē, -fis-\

Etymology: New Latin, from cyan- + -phyceae

synonym of myxophyceae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.