algaesorous

A very special dinosour that is a distant relative of algae

"Miss, what does algaesorous represent in life of Pi"
"What a silly question ginger, Pi saying speaking about an algaesorous is deliberately done by Yann Martel to emphasise his knowledge of biology. Not only that, algaesorous, being a distant relative of algae, induces the idea of anthropomorphism in the readers mind and it exemplifies the parallel between Pi and Richard Parker being distant relatives