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TRICHODESMIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trichodesmium" is a kind of...):
blue-green algae; cyanobacteria (predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton)
Holonyms ("trichodesmium" is a member of...):
genus Trichodesmium (a genus of blue-green algae)
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