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Diatom

Diatom Meaning & Definition
Diatom Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Diatom?

[n] microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica

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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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