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CRYPTOPHYCEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae
Synonyms:
class Cryptophyceae; Cryptophyceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cryptophyceae" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Cryptophyceae"):
cryptomonad; cryptophyte (common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms)
Holonyms ("Cryptophyceae" is a member of...):
Cryptophyta; phylum Cryptophyta (a phylum in the kingdom Protoctista)