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Noun: cryptomonad
  1. Common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms
    - cryptophyte

Derived forms: cryptomonads

Type of: alga, algae

Part of: class Cryptophyceae, Cryptophyceae

Encyclopedia: Cryptomonad