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Oscillatoria
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oscillatoria
Translingual
thumb|drawings of four species of Oscillatoria (and two other species of algae)
Etymology
From the oscillating motion of its filaments as they slide against each other to position the colony facing a light source.
Proper noun
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genus family Oscillatoriaceae 1 certain filamentous cyanobacteria
Hypernyms
family ; Cyanophyceae class - class; Oscillatoriophycideae subclass - subclass; Oscillatoriales order 1 - order; Oscillatoriaceae family 1 - family
Hyponyms
genus Oscillatoria princeps species - type species
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