DIATOM


Meaning of DIATOM in English

[ 'dʌɪətəm ]

■ noun Biology a single-celled alga which has a cell wall of silica. [Class Bacillariophyceae.]

Derivatives

~aceous adjective

Origin

C19: from mod. L. Diatoma (genus name), from Gk ~os 'cut in two'.

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