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单词 diatom
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
di•a•tom  (dīə təm -tom′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Microbiologyany of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
  • Neo-Latin Diatoma origin, originally a genus name, feminine noun, nominal based on Greek diátomos cut in two. See dia-, -tome
  • 1835–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
diatom /ˈdaɪətəm -ˌtɒm/ n
  1. any microscopic unicellular alga of the phylum Bacillariophyta, occurring in marine or fresh water singly or in colonies, each cell having a cell wall made of two halves and impregnated with silica
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin Diatoma (genus name), from Greek diatomos cut in two, from diatemnein to cut through, from dia- + temnein to cut
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