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alga en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈæl.ɡə/ (UK, US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Meanings

1. Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
   • For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp. 2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Forms

Deriveds

algaculture · golden-brown alga · algin · algacidal · macroalga · algoid · picoalga · algist

Hyponyms

snow alga · brown alga and yellow-green alga (photosynthetic aquatic organism) · seaweed (photosynthetic aquatic organism) · Haptophyta (photosynthetic aquatic organism) · ice alga · and blue-green alga (photosynthetic aquatic organism) · and Cryptomonada in Chromista) (photosynthetic aquatic organism) · green alga and red alga in Plantae) (photosynthetic aquatic organism) · microalga · golden alga

Translations (97)

ug لەش (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · nv tátłʼid (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · hi सिवार (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · ga alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · pt alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · hy ջրիմուռ (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · ko 조류 (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · sw mwani (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · eo algo (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · tg обгиёҳ (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · be во́дарасць (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · kw alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · cs řasa (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · te శైవలము (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · my မှော် (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · th สาหร่าย (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · mk а́лга (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · tr alg (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · mn замаг (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · hi शैवाल (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · sl álga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · ja 藻類 (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · de Alge (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · nn alge (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · ca alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · ar طُحْلُب (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · mi pūkohu wai (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · el φύκος (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · ur کائی (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · as শেলুৱৈ (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · et vetikas (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · da alge (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · gv algey (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · vi tảo (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · pl glon (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · gl alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · cmn 藻類 /藻类 (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · es alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · nb alge (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · ka წყალმცენარე (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · ga feamainn (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · fi levä (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · cy alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · sq algë (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · tt суүсемнәр (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · kl quajaatit (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · lb Alg (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · tt балырлар (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · bg водора́сло (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · sh алга (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · tl lumot (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · fr algue (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · tk suwotular (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · be во́дарасьць (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · pl alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · uk во́дорість (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · he אַצָּה (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · tr su yosunu (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · hi सेवार (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · ug سۇ يۈسۈنى (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · fa-ira جُلْبَک (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · lo ສາຫລ່າຍ (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · nl alg (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · bho शैवाल (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · sh alge (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · sh alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · is þörungur (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · km សារាយ (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · ro algă (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · hu alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · uz suvoʻtlar (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · tg обсабза (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · sh алге (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · ms alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · ky балыр (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · pa ਜਿਲਬ (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · lv aļģes (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · hu moszat (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · it alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · fa-ira آلْگ (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · fo alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · az yosun (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · sk riasa (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · lt dumbliai (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · gd alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · kmr kevz (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · as শেলাই (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · cmn 水藻 (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · km ព្រាំ (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · uz suvoʻt (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · wa ale (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · kk балдыр (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · ru во́доросль (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · sv alg (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · io algo (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · tt балыр (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) · gd feamainn (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms)