Chrysophyte

/ˈkrɪsoʊfaɪt/ noun

Definition

A golden or yellow-colored photosynthetic organism, usually referring to golden algae with distinctive golden-brown pigments.

Etymology

From Greek 'chrysos' (gold) and 'phyton' (plant). The term was coined to describe aquatic organisms that appeared golden in color due to their unique pigments.

Kelly Says

Chrysophytes use a pigment called fucoxanthin that's so good at collecting light energy that these tiny organisms can thrive in extremely dim light at the bottom of murky lakes and oceans!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ክሪሶፊት
kri-so-fit
ARالعربية
كريزوفيت
krizo-fit
BNবাংলা
ক্রাইসোফাইট
krai-so-fai-t
CACatalà
crisòfit
kris-o-fit
CSČeština
chrysophyte
kris-o-fit
DADansk
chrysophyte
kris-o-fit
DEDeutsch
Chrysophyt
kris-o-fit
ELΕλληνικά
χρυσοφύτη
hri-so-fi-ti
ESEspañol
crisófitos
kris-o-fi-tos
FAفارسی
کریزوفیت
kri-zo-fit
FISuomi
kysofyytti
ki-so-fi-tti
FRFrançais
chrysophyte
kris-o-fit
GUGU
ક્રિસોફાઈટ
kris-o-fai-t
HAHA
krizofit
kri-zo-fit
HEעברית
כריזופית
kri-zo-fit
HIहिन्दी
क्राइसोफाइट
krai-so-fait
HUMagyar
krizofit
kri-zo-fit
IDBahasa Indonesia
krisofit
kri-zo-fit
IGIG
chrysophyte
kris-o-fit
ITItaliano
crisofito
kris-o-fi-to
JA日本語
クリソフィート
kurisofiito
KKKK
крізофит
kris-o-fit
KMKM
Chryosophyt
khr-o-so-fi-t
KO한국어
크리스오피트
keuriseo-pi-teu
MRMR
क्रिसोफाइट
kris-o-fai-t
MSBahasa Melayu
krizofit
kri-zo-fit
MYမြန်မာ
ကြရစ်ဖိုဖီတ
kya-rit-pho-phe-ti
NLNederlands
chrysophyte
kris-o-fiet
NONorsk
chrysophyte
kris-o-fit
PAPA
ਕ੍ਰਾਈਸੋਫਾਈਟ
krai-so-fai-t
PLPolski
chrysophyta
kris-o-fi-ta
PTPortuguês
crisófitos
kris-o-fi-tos
RORomână
crisofit
kris-o-fit
RUРусский
хризофит
hrizofit
SVSvenska
chrysophyte
kris-o-fit
SWKiswahili
chrysophyte
kris-o-fit
TAதமிழ்
கிருசோபைட்
kiruso-pai-t
TEతెలుగు
క్రైసోఫైట్
krai-so-fai-t
THไทย
คริสโอไฟต์
khris-o-fai-t
TLTL
chrysophyte
kris-o-fit
TRTürkçe
krizofit
kri-zo-fit
UKУкраїнська
хризофіт
hrizofit
URاردو
کریزوفیت
kri-zo-fit
VITiếng Việt
chrysophyte
kris-o-fit
YOYO
krisoofenin
kri-so-o-fen-in
ZH中文
金藻
jīn zǎo
ZUZU
krizofit
kri-zo-fit

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