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algoid

American  
[al-goid] / ˈæl gɔɪd /

adjective

  1. like algae.

algoid British  
/ ˈælɡɔɪd /

adjective

  1. resembling or relating to algae

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Etymology

Origin of algoid

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

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Distinct green algoid cells occurred in some specimens.

From Project Gutenberg

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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