| NOUN | animal | diatom | microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica |
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| Meaning | Microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica. | |
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| Member of | Bacillariophyceae, class Bacillariophyceae, Diatomophyceae, class Diatomophyceae | marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae |
| Broader | alga, algae | Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves |
| phytoplankton | photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton | |
| Spanish | diatomea, diatomeas | |
| Catalan | diatomea | |
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