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FAMILY NOSTOCACEAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Blue-green algae

Synonyms:

family Nostocaceae; Nostocaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Nostocaceae" is a kind of...):

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "family Nostocaceae"):

genus Nostoc (type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae)

Holonyms ("family Nostocaceae" is a member of...):

class Cyanobacteria; class Cyanophyceae; Cyanophyceae (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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