algivore

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

algae +‎ -vore

Noun[edit]

algivore (plural algivores)

  1. An organism that consumes algae.
    • 2017, William John Matthews, Stream Fish Community Dynamics: A Critical Synthesis:
      The fewest algivores occurred in April 1983, only months after a devastating flood. But after that, numbers of algivores went up dramatically in summer 1983 and were relatively high in winter 1994, spring 1995, and again in summer 2012.

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Adjective[edit]

algivore (plural algivores)

  1. (biology) algivorous
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