desmid

Meaning of desmid

noun

a single-celled freshwater alga which appears to be composed of two rigid cells with a shared nucleus. The presence of desmids is usually an indicator of unpolluted water.

mid 19th century: from modern Latin Desmidium (genus name), from Greek desmos ‘band, chain’ (because the algae are often found united in chains or masses).

Information about desmid

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of desmid is: desmids.
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Hyphenation of desmid

desmid

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • desmid is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of desmid

middes

Words that rhyme with desmid

aphasmid, phasmid, piroplasmid, plasmid, cosmid, eucosmid

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