BIDDULPHIA


Meaning of BIDDULPHIA in English

bə̇ˈdəlfēə noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably from G. Biddulph, 19th century English botanist + New Latin -ia

: a large genus (the type of the family Biddulphiaceae) of rectangular diatoms having winglike or hornlike projections at the corners of the valves and being locally abundant in the marine plankton

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