cyanobacterium
Definitions
Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria.
Equivalents
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Examples
“At some point⟳ in the first billion years of life, cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, learned to tap into a freely available resource – the hydrogen that exists in spectacular abundance in water.”
“Photosynthesis was established some billion years ago by ancient bacterial precursors of modern cyanobacteria.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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