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algoid

[al-goid]

adjective

  1. like algae.



algoid

/ ˈælɡɔɪd /

adjective

  1. resembling or relating to algae

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of algoid1

First recorded in 1870–75; alg(ae) + -oid
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Example Sentences

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Distinct green algoid cells occurred in some specimens.

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The pelican nests are slight depressions in the sand, some of them softened with an algoid matting.

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Sometimes biciliated minute cells are found; without any doubt they are zoospores derived from any algoid or fungoid species.

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Their mode of division, too, is thoroughly algoid.

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