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algivores

algivores is the plural of algivore.

Meaning of algivore

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

Questions about algivores

What is algivores the plural of?
Algivores is the plural of algivore.

Words near algivores in the dictionary

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

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