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CLASS CRYPTOPHYCEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae

Synonyms:

class Cryptophyceae; Cryptophyceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("class Cryptophyceae" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "class Cryptophyceae"):

cryptomonad; cryptophyte (common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms)

Holonyms ("class Cryptophyceae" is a member of...):

Cryptophyta; phylum Cryptophyta (a phylum in the kingdom Protoctista)

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