Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A curious sponge-like ball found at the bottom of fresh-water lakes, and consisting of plants of an alga, Conferva Ægagropila.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A fresh-water alga (
Cladophora Ægagropila ) which forms a globular mass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A
freshwater alga (Cladophora aegagropila) which forms aglobular mass .
Etymologies
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moor + ball
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