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OSCILLATORIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oscillatoriaceae mean? 

OSCILLATORIACEAE (noun)
  The noun OSCILLATORIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. blue green algaeplay

  Familiarity information: OSCILLATORIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OSCILLATORIACEAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Blue green algae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Oscillatoriaceae; Oscillatoriaceae

Hypernyms ("Oscillatoriaceae" is a kind of...):

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Oscillatoriaceae"):

genus Trichodesmium (a genus of blue-green algae)

Holonyms ("Oscillatoriaceae" is a member of...):

class Cyanobacteria; class Cyanophyceae; Cyanophyceae (photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae)


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