HyperDic: diatom

English > 1 sense of the word diatom:
NOUNanimaldiatommicroscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
English > diatom: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningMicroscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica.
Member ofBacillariophyceae, class Bacillariophyceae, Diatomophyceae, class Diatomophyceaemarine and freshwater eukaryotic algae
Broaderalga, algaePrimitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
phytoplanktonphotosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton
Spanishdiatomea, diatomeas
Catalandiatomea

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