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diatom

DEFINITIONS OF: diatom

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

Type of:
phytoplankton
photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae
alga, algae
primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
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