alga
pronunciation
How to pronounce alga in British English:
UK [ˈælgə]
How to pronounce alga in American English:
US ['ælɡə]
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- Noun:
- primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
Word Origin
- alga (n.)
- see algae.
Example
- 1. There 's also an alga that creates reddish ' watermelon snow ' - a phenomenon first described by aristotle .
- 2. By searching for genetic sequences similar to rega in the burgeoning databases of genes that now exist , they found one in a unicellular alga called chlamydomonas reinhardtii .
- 3. One creature that has managed the trick-separately from plants , animals and fungi , who are the real experts in the field-is an alga called volvox carteri .