Desmid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various green unicellular freshwater algae of the family Desmidiaceae, often forming chainlike colonies.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A microscopic plant of the family Desmidiæ, a group of unicellular algæ in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A plant of the order Desmidiaceæ.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. freshwater green algae
    • Equivalent
    desmidian   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    green algae    chlorophyte   
     
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