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Blue-green algae   /blu-grin ˈældʒi/   Listen
Blue-green algae

noun
1.
Predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton.  Synonym: cyanobacteria.





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... Group & elsewhere] /n./ 1. Software EXchange. A technique invented by the blue-green algae hundreds of millions of years ago to speed up their evolution, which had been terribly slow up until then. Today, SEX parties are popular among hackers and others (of course, these are no longer limited to exchanges ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0


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