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gloea

gloea noun: a gluey mucoid substance secreted by some protozoans and other simple organisms.

Noun

gloea (countable and uncountable, plural gloeae)

  1. A gluey mucoid substance secreted by some protozoans and other simple organisms.

Forms of gloea

pluralgloeae

Origin of gloea

From Ancient Greek γλοία (gloía).

Questions about gloea

What does gloea mean?
Gloea means a gluey mucoid substance secreted by some protozoans and other simple organisms.
What part of speech is gloea?
Gloea is a noun.
What is the plural of gloea?
The plural of gloea is gloeae.

Words near gloea in the dictionary

  1. Glodeanu-Siliștea
  2. Glodeni
  3. glodes
  4. Glodowski
  5. Glodowskis
  6. gloea
  7. gloeae
  8. Gloeckner
  9. gloeo-
  10. gloeocystidia
  11. gloeocystidial

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