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algae

[al-jee] / ˈæl dʒi /
NOUN
rootless, leafless plants living in water
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Associate Professor Fan said: "After years of fieldwork, we finally found several sites with the right conditions where animal fossils are preserved together with the abundant algae."

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Although fossils had previously been discovered in eastern Yunnan, they were limited to algae and did not include animal remains.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Some cichlids evolved into predators, while others specialized in feeding on algae, sifting sand, or consuming plankton.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Exxon spent $150 million in advertising its algae program over a decade, one of its biggest public-relations campaigns of that time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

A vodyanoi rose up, his green hair matted with algae, tiny black scales clustering here and there on his sickly green skin.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack