DIATOM
Dictionary entry overview: What does diatom mean? • DIATOM (noun)
The noun DIATOM has 1 sense:
1. microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
Familiarity information: DIATOM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DIATOM (noun)
Meaning:
Microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("diatom" is a kind 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)
Holonyms ("diatom" is a member of...):
Bacillariophyceae; class Bacillariophyceae; class Diatomophyceae; Diatomophyceae (marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms)
| Learn English with... Proverbs of the week | |
"Better late than never." (English proverb)
"If the thought is good, your place and path are good; if the thought is bad, your place and path are bad." (Bhutanese proverb)
"Never give advice in a crowd." (Arabic proverb)
"Trust yourself and your horse." (Croatian proverb)
| DIATOM: related words searches | |
Page delivered in 0.0284 seconds
|
