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Definition of Cryptomonad
1. Noun. Common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms.
Exact synonyms: Cryptophyte
Generic synonyms: Alga, Algae
Group relationships: Class Cryptophyceae, Cryptophyceae
Generic synonyms: Alga, Algae
Group relationships: Class Cryptophyceae, Cryptophyceae
Definition of Cryptomonad
1. Noun. A flagellate of the order Cryptomonadales; most have chloroplasts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptomonad
Literary usage of Cryptomonad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Marvels of pond-life; or, A year's microscopic recreations among the polyps by Henry James Slack (1878)
"By careful skimming, a small bottle was half- filled with minute organic particles,
which were likely 500 cryptomonad—Euglena. to be interesting in ..."
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