English Dictionary

sea sawdust

名詞

不可算名詞

Marine blue-green algae (cyanobacteria, actually brown coloured) of the genus Trichodesmium.

日本語の意味

トリコデシウム属に属する海洋性の藍藻。一般に青緑藻として知られるが、実際には茶色に着色される。

After the storm, fishermen had to cut through thick mats of sea sawdust that glinted brown in the sun.

嵐の後、漁師たちは太陽に褐色に輝くトリコデスミウムの厚いマットを切り裂かなければならなかった。

意味（1）

Marine blue-green algae (cyanobacteria, actually brown coloured) of the genus Trichodesmium.

The seamen who are now convinc'd that it was not as they had thought the spawn of fish began to call it Sea sawdust, a name certainly not ill adapted to its appearance.