DIATOM
\dˈa͡ɪətəm], \dˈaɪətəm], \d_ˈaɪ_ə_t_ə_m]\
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One of the Diatomaceae, a family of minute unicellular Algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, each individual multiplying by spontaneous division. By some authors diatoms are called Bacillariae, but this word is not in general use.
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One of the Diatomaceae, a family of minute unicellular Algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, each individual multiplying by spontaneous division. By some authors diatoms are called Bacillariae, but this word is not in general use.
By Noah Webster.
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Any unicellular microscopic form of Alga with walls of silica.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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