alga

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alga blue-green alga brown alga cyanobacterium red alga

Main Entry: al·ga
Pronunciation: al-g
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural al·gae /al-()j /; also algas
: a plant or plantlike organism of any of several phyla, divisions, or classes of chiefly aquatic usually chlorophyll-containing nonvascular organisms of polyphyletic origin that usually include the green, yellow-green, brown, and red algae in the eukaryotes and especially formerly included the cyanobacteria in the prokaryotes
- al·gal /-gl/ adjective