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    CRYPTOPHYTE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal bloomsplay

    Synonyms:

    cryptomonad; cryptophyte

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    alga; algae (primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves)

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

    class Cryptophyceae; Cryptophyceae (motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae)

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