| 单词 | diatom |
| 释义 | diatom (once / 46533 pages) n WORD FAMILY diatom: diatoms USAGE EXAMPLESSingle-celled marine organisms called diatoms can rapidly alter the speed at which they move through the water column, despite lacking structures for motility. Nature(Oct 11, 2016) Sculptures inspired by insects, orchids, birds and diatoms, as well as the utilitarian constructs from his Tin Man series. New York Times(Aug 25, 2016) The lake also is known for its cabbage-size balls of diatoms, which have mostly disappeared. National Geographic(Sep 08, 2016) n microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica Hyper phytoplankton photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae alga, algaeprimitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves |
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