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conferva
[ kon-fur-vuh ]
noun
- any simple filamentous green algae, many of which were formerly classified in the genus Conferva.
conferva
/ ɒˈɜːə /
noun
- any of various threadlike green algae, esp any of the genus Tribonema, typically occurring in fresh water
Derived Forms
- Dzˈڱ, adjective
- DzˈڱǾ, nounadjective
Other yvlog Forms
- Dz·ڱv Dz·ڱ·dzܲ [k, uh, n-, fur, -v, uh, s], adjective
- Dz·ڱ·Ǿ [kon-, fur, -void], adjective noun
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of conferva1
Example Sentences
The majority, however, lurk among confervae or the light d�bris of the bottom ooze; and come under the head of “sapropelic” rather than pelagic organisms.
Our mass of conferva turns out to contain one of the most elegant species.
Microscopic animals produced from all vegetable and animal infusions; generate others like themselves by solitary reproduction; not produced from eggs; conferva fontinalis; mucor.
Are they of the class of the ulvae, confervae, or fuci? to be welcomed as old acquaintance, or, hitherto unnoticed, to be added to the catalogue of Nature’s endless stores?
A clammy conferva covers everything except the mosaics upon tribune, roof, and clerestory, which defy the course of age.
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