Liagora
noun
Li·ag·o·ra
līˈagərə
: a genus of marine red algae (family Helminthocladiaceae) characterized by the branched cylindrical thallus and by calcification of the gelatinous matrix so that it is often brittle and of a chalky texture
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, after Liagora, a nereid, from Greek Leiagorē