nostocs

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A form of nostoc — Any member of the genus Nostoc of cyanobacteria, found in a variety of environmental niches, that form colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of nostoc
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