alga
UK/ˈæl.ɡə/
alga noun: 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.
Noun
alga (plural algae or (archaic) algæ)
- 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
alga meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
alga in Hindi
- any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms
- शैवाल śaivāl, सिवार sivār, सेवार sevār
alga in Tamil
- பாசி வகை, அல்கா, ஆல்கா
alga in Urdu
- any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms
- کائی kāī
alga in Telugu
- any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms
- శైవలము śaivalamu
More languagesFewer languages
- alga in Malayalam
- ആൽഗ ālga
- alga in Kannada
- ಕಡಲುಪಾಚಿ, ಕಡಲ್ಕಳೆ
- alga in Punjabi
- ਜਿਲਬ jilab
- alga in Assamese
- শেলাই xelai, শেলুৱৈ xeluoi
- alga in Tagalog
- lumot
- alga in Arabic
- طُحْلُب ṭuḥlub
- alga in Malay
- alga
- alga in Thai
- สาหร่าย sǎa-ràai
- alga in Vietnamese
- tảo
- alga in Myanmar
- မှော် hmau
Examples of alga in a sentence
- A lichen is a fungus with symbiotic algae among its cells.
- The conservation project depleted the lake of algae.
- If the water stagnates, algae will grow.
Forms of alga
| plural | algae |
|---|---|
| plural (archaic) | algæ |
Origin of alga
From Latin alga.
Words formed from alga
Phrases with alga
Questions about alga
- What does alga mean?
- Alga means 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.
- What is alga in Hindi?
- Alga in Hindi is शैवाल (śaivāl), सिवार (sivār), सेवार (sevār). See Alga meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is alga?
- Alga is a noun.
- How do you pronounce alga?
- Alga is pronounced /ˈæl.ɡə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of alga?
- The plural of alga is algae.
Words near alga in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: alga (page history and authors); alga (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ആൽഗ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); alga (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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