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CRYPTOPHYTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms
Synonyms:
cryptomonad; cryptophyte
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cryptophyte" is a kind of...):
alga; algae (primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves)
Holonyms ("cryptophyte" is a member of...):
class Cryptophyceae; Cryptophyceae (motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae)
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