anabaenoid

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adjective

Belonging to or resembling the Anabaena, a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria that exist as plankton.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveanabaenoid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBelonging to or resembling the Anabaena, a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria that exist as plankton.

    NODULARIA MERTENS / This anabaenoid genus has species with trichomes enveloped by more or less firm sheaths.

    2012, Ian R. Falconer, Algal Toxins in Seafood and Drinking Water, page 159
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    However the 1970 anabaenoid peak did correspond with an unusually high diurnal pH in the region of 8.5 and no doubt determined by photosynthetic activity.

    1972, Water Resources, Environment, and National Development
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