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algivore

algivore noun: an organism that consumes algae.

Noun

algivore (plural algivores)

  1. An organism that consumes algae.
    • The fewest algivores occurred in April 1983, only months after a devastating flood. But after that, numbers of algivores went up dramatically in summer 1983 and were relatively high in winter 1994, spring 1995, and again in summer 2012.2017, William John Matthews, Stream Fish Community Dynamics: A Critical Synthesis

Forms of algivore

pluralalgivores

Origin of algivore

From algae + -vore.

Words formed from algivore

Questions about algivore

What does algivore mean?
Algivore means an organism that consumes algae.
What part of speech is algivore?
Algivore is a noun.
What is the plural of algivore?
The plural of algivore is algivores.

Words near algivore in the dictionary

  1. algins
  2. alginuresis
  3. algiophobia
  4. algist
  5. algists
  6. algivore
  7. algivores
  8. algivorous
  9. Algiz
  10. alglucerase
  11. algo

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