TRICHODESMIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trichodesmium mean? 

• TRICHODESMIUM (noun)
  The noun TRICHODESMIUM has 1 sense:

1. large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRICHODESMIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation

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Nouns denoting animals

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)