Meanings
adjectivealgivorous (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyalgae-eating
However, whether the depth-dependent switch in the nematode community structure was due to a bottom-up effect (i.e. light limitation of periphytic algae) or to specific adaptations of algivorous nematodes to the shear stress caused by waves in the shallow zone, or to both, was not resolved.
2015 September 10, “Depth-Related Effects on a Meiofaunal Community Dwelling in the Periphyton of a Mesotrophic Lake”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
French algivore
- algivorealgae-eating
Polish algożerny
- algożernyalgae-eating
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with algivorous
carnivorousherbivorousomnivorousinsectivorouspiscivorousamphivorousaphidivorousaurivorousbaccivorouscanivorousdetritivorousequivorousfructivorousfrugivorousfucivorousfungivorousgraminivorousgranivoroushominivorouslarvivorouslichenivorouslignivorousnectarivorousoryzivorous
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algivorous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/algivorous
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“algivorous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/algivorous. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “algivorous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/algivorous.
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