algivore

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noun

An organism that consumes algae.

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Meanings

nounalgivore (plural algivores)

plural algivores

  1. An organism that consumes algae.

    The fewest algivores occurred in April 1983, only months after a devastating flood. But after that, numbers of algivores went up dramatically in summer 1983 and were relatively high in winter 1994, spring 1995, and again in summer 2012.

    2017, William John Matthews, Stream Fish Community Dynamics: A Critical Synthesis

Origin

From algae + -vore.

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Translations

Polish algożerca
  • algożercaorganism that consumes algae

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Lagevrio
Cite this entry
APA

algivore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/algivore

MLA

“algivore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/algivore. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “algivore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/algivore.

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