Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of many microscopic photosynthetic protists, often living as single cells and floating as plankton.

Translations

4 languages

Origin

From micro- (“small”) + alga.

From micro- (“small”) + alga.

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Forms

plural: microalgae
Singularmicroalga
Pluralmicroalgae

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Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedmicroalgal

See also

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