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noun - microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
Any of various microscopic one-celled or colonial algae of the class Bacillariophyceae, having cell walls of silica consisting of two interlocking symmetrical valves.
noun - any of a class of algae
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| Any of various microscopic one-celled or colonial algae of the class Bacillariophyceae, having cell walls of silica consisting of two interlocking symmetrical valves. |
| a single-celled alga which has a cell wall of silica. Many kinds are planktonic, and extensive fossil deposits have been found. |
| microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica |
| A single-celled alga which has a cell wall of silica. Many kinds are planktonic, and extensive fossil deposits have been found. |
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| Diatoms (diá-tom-os "cut in half", from diá, "through" or "apart"; and the root of tém-n-, "I cut".) are a major group of algae known as microalgae found in the oceans, waterways and soils of the world. Diatoms number in the trillions: they generate about 20 percent of the oxygen produced on the planet each year; take in over 6.7 billion metric tons of silicon each year from the oceans in which they live; and contribute nearly half of the organic material found in those oceans. The shells of dead diatoms can reach as much as a half mile deep on the ocean floor; and the entire Amazon basin is fertilized annually by 27 million tons of diatom shell dust transported by east-to-west (easterly) transatlantic winds from the Bodélé Depression, the bed of Lake Mega Chad in the Sahara once covering much of the African Sahara.Diatoms are unicellular; they can live alone or form colonies, taking shapes such as ribbons, fans, zigzags, and stars. They range in size from 2 to 200 micrometers. In t |