algivorousadj.
/alˈdʒɪv(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ælˈdʒɪv(ə)rəs/ Ecology.
Of an organism: feeding on algae.
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1856 Encycl. Brit. XII. 329/2 The algivorous Chelonians resort in numbers to certain solitary and sandy shores, for the purpose of depositing their eggs.
1900 Rep. U.S. National Mus. 223 Such types as the Anoles..and the semi-marine algivorous Amblyrhynchus are unrepresented in the acrodont series.
1925 Ecology 6 446 It is not surprising that algivorous types should live in water of low free carbon dioxide content, since the algae..are continually removing this substance from the water.
2007 G. S. Helfman Fish Conservation v.103/2 Algivorous invertebrates and invertebrates that thrive in relatively anoxic pool bottoms..multiply.
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