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This is owing to the growth of a minute confervoid vegetation, which must be kept down.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 by Various

Eminent English authorities have advanced the theory that the ciliated gonidium of Vaucheria is in reality a densely crowded aggregation of biciliated zoospores, similar to those found in many other confervoid algæ.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 by Various

Some of them are very slender, so as almost to be mistaken for confervoid plants.

From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter

And of these, Snails and Periwinkles claim our respectful attention, as the most faithful, patient, and necessary scavengers of the confervoid growths, which soon obscure the marine aquarium.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 by Various