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Alga vs Laminarite - What's the difference?

alga | laminarite |

As nouns the difference between alga and laminarite

is that alga is start while laminarite is (paleontology) a broad-leafed fossil alga.

alga

English

(wikipedia alga)

Noun

(algae)
  • (biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose form is very diverse; some are eukaryotic and some prokaryotic; includes the seaweeds.

    • Usage notes

    * (term) is a non-standard plural.

    Hyponyms

    * seaweed

    Anagrams

    * * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    laminarite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (paleontology) A broad-leafed fossil alga.
    • (Webster 1913)