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FAMILY OSCILLATORIACEAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blue green algae

Synonyms:

family Oscillatoriaceae; Oscillatoriaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "family Oscillatoriaceae"):

genus Trichodesmium (a genus of blue-green algae)

Holonyms ("family Oscillatoriaceae" 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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