COSCINODISCUS


Meaning of COSCINODISCUS in English

-ˈdiskəs noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek koskinon sieve + New Latin -discus

: a large genus (the type of the family Coscinodiscaceae) of chiefly marine disk-shaped diatoms that are often abundant in the plankton — see cyclotella

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