English noun: class Cyanophyceae | |||
1. | class Cyanophyceae (animal) photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae | ||
Synonyms | class Cyanobacteria, Cyanophyceae | ||
Broader (hypernym) | class | ||
Member holonym | blue-green algae, cyanobacteria, family Nostocaceae, family Oscillatoriaceae, Nostocaceae, Oscillatoriaceae | ||
Member meronym | Cyanophyta, division Cyanophyta | ||