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cryptophycean

cryptophycean noun: any cryptomonad of the class Cryptophyceae.

Noun

cryptophycean (plural cryptophyceans)

  1. Any cryptomonad of the class Cryptophyceae

Forms of cryptophycean

pluralcryptophyceans

Questions about cryptophycean

What does cryptophycean mean?
Cryptophycean means any cryptomonad of the class Cryptophyceae.
What part of speech is cryptophycean?
Cryptophycean is a noun.
What is the plural of cryptophycean?
The plural of cryptophycean is cryptophyceans.

Words near cryptophycean in the dictionary

  1. cryptophasic
  2. cryptophobia
  3. cryptophone
  4. cryptophones
  5. cryptophthalmos
  6. cryptophycean
  7. cryptophyceans
  8. cryptophycin
  9. cryptophycins
  10. cryptophyte
  11. cryptophytes

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