Translingual

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Spirulina f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudanabaenaceae – a type of cyanobacteria.
2. A taxonomic suborder within the order Spirulida – certain molluscs, with only Spirula spirula being extant.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Bacteria - domain, Cyanobacteria - phylum, Cyanophyceae - class; Oscillatoriales - order; Pseudanabaenaceae - family; Spirulinoideae - subfamily
• (suborder): Animalia - kingdom; Mollusca - phylum; Cephalopoda - class; Coleoidea - subclass; Decabrachia - superorder; Spirulida - order

English

Noun

spirulina ‎(uncountable)

1. A food supplement prepared from blue-green algae of the genus Arthrospira found in soda lakes.