blue-green alga en · NOUN
Meanings
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Any member of the taxonomic class or phylum Cyanobacteria; a primitive photosynthetic organism similar to bacteria which is thought to have generated the first oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere.
Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh, the largest lake in the British Isles, has been hit by recorded levels of potentially toxic blue-green algae that regional agencies say have not been seen since the 1970s.
2023 August 23, Tommy Greene, “Lough Neagh ‘dying in plain sight’ due to vast algal blooms”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Blue-green algae cells lack nuclei, and pigment is scattered.
1967, George K. Reid, edited by Herbert S. Zim and George S. Fichter, Pond Life, New York: Golden Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 31:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blue-green algae | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
bacterium (bacterium called alga) · alga (bacterium called alga)
Synonyms
Translations (10)
fi sinibakteeri (member of cyanobacteria) · it cianobatterio (member of cyanobacteria) · nl blauwalg (member of cyanobacteria) · fi sinilevä (member of cyanobacteria) · fi syanobakteeri (member of cyanobacteria) · pl sinica (member of cyanobacteria) · pl cyjanobakteria (member of cyanobacteria) · cs sinice (member of cyanobacteria) · el κυανοφύκη (member of cyanobacteria) · fr algue bleu-vert (member of cyanobacteria)