algoid

[al-goid]

adjective

1. like algae.

algoid

/ ˈælɡɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling or relating to algae

Word History and Origins

Origin of algoid¹

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

Example Sentences

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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