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Alga vs Prymnesiophyte - What's the difference?

alga | prymnesiophyte |

As nouns the difference between alga and prymnesiophyte

is that alga is start while prymnesiophyte is (biology) any of many unicellular photosynthetic algae of the class.

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 ----

    prymnesiophyte

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any of many unicellular photosynthetic algae of the class