(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:38:28

Os`cil*la"ri*a (?), n. [NL., fr. L. oscillare to swing.] Bot.

A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria.

 

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