maerl

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noun

Two or three species of calcareous algae in the Corallinaceae family that grow on the seabed.

Scrabble 7

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nounmaerl (countable and uncountable, plural maerls)

plural maerls · usually as a collective noun

  1. countableuncountableTwo or three species of calcareous algae in the Corallinaceae family that grow on the seabed.
  2. countableuncountableA fertilizer derived from this algae.

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