Hypernym

eubacteria 1

noun

a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

Member_meronym

class Cyanobacteria 1

noun

photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae

blue-green algae 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton

Synonyms

cyanobacteria 1

Hyponym

nostoc 1

noun

found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies

trichodesmium 1

noun

large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation

Oscillatoria 1

noun

a genus of filamentous cyanobacterium which is named for the oscillation in its movement.

Member_holonym

class Cyanobacteria 1

noun

photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae

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