family nostocaceae

English Thesaurus

1. blue-green algae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bacteria family,
definition	:	a family of bacteria (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus nostoc,
definition	:	type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	class cyanobacteria, class cyanophyceae, cyanophyceae,
definition	:	photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae (noun.animal)