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blue-green algae

blue-green algae is the plural of blue-green alga.

Meaning of blue-green alga

Noun

blue-green alga (plural blue-green algae)

  1. 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.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    BGA, cyanobacterium

Questions about blue-green algae

What is blue-green algae the plural of?
Blue-green algae is the plural of blue-green alga.

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