Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cyanobacterium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: cyanobac-teri-um
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῠ́ᾰνος (kŭ́ănos) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek κῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos)der. English cyano- Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriumbor. English bacterium English cyanobacterium From cyano- + bacterium.

Inflected Forms

cyanobacteria (plural)

Derived Forms

picocyanobacterium

Frequently Paired Words

Cyanobacteria

Synonyms

blue-green alga blue-green bacterium

Rhymes With

miriam bacterium delirium imperium deuterium mycobacterium magisterium cerium criterium corynebacterium puerperium psalterium

Questions

What does cyanobacterium mean?: Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria.
Where does cyanobacterium come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῠ́ᾰνος (kŭ́ănos) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek κῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos)der. English cyano- Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriumbor. English bacterium English cyanobacterium From cyano- + bacterium.

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