About The Word Diatom
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Diatom
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What's The Definition Of Diatom?
[n] microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
Synonyms | Synonyms for Diatom: Related Terms | Find terms related to Diatom: See Also | alga | algae | Bacillariophyceae | class Bacillariophyceae | class Diatomophyceae | Diatomophyceae Diatom In Webster's Dictionary \Di"a*tom\, n. [Gr. ? cut in two. See {Diatomous}.]
1. (Bot.) One of the Diatomace[ae], a family of minute
unicellular Alg[ae] having a siliceous covering of great
delicacy, each individual multiplying by spontaneous
division. By some authors diatoms are called
Bacillari[ae], but this word is not in general use.
2. A particle or atom endowed with the vital principle.
The individual is nothing. He is no more than the
diatom, the bit of protoplasm. --Mrs. E. Lynn
Linton.
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