GENUS NOSTOC

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Nostoc" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "genus Nostoc"):

nostoc (found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies)

Holonyms ("genus Nostoc" is a member of...):

family Nostocaceae; Nostocaceae (blue-green algae)

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