CRYPTOPHYTE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms

Synonyms:

cryptomonad; cryptophyte

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cryptophyte" is a kind of...):

alga; algae (primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves)

Holonyms ("cryptophyte" is a member of...):

class Cryptophyceae; Cryptophyceae (motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae)

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