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Algae vs Mastigoneme - What's the difference?

algae | mastigoneme |

As nouns the difference between algae and mastigoneme

is that algae is irregular plural of alga while mastigoneme is one of the lateral "hairs" found covering the flagella of heterokont and cryptophyte algae, believed to assist in locomotion.

algae

English

Noun

(head)
  • (alga)
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    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

    mastigoneme

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia mastigoneme)
  • One of the lateral "hairs" found covering the flagella of heterokont and cryptophyte algae, believed to assist in locomotion.