noun
prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
• Syn: ↑Cyanophyta
• Hypernyms: ↑division
• Member Holonyms: ↑division Eubacteria
• Member Meronyms: ↑class Cyanobacteria, ↑Cyanophyceae, ↑class Cyanophyceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.