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