diatom

Meaning of diatom

noun

a single-celled alga which has a cell wall of silica. Many kinds are planktonic, and extensive fossil deposits have been found.

mid 19th century: from modern Latin Diatoma (genus name), from Greek diatomos ‘cut in two’, from diatemnein ‘to cut through’.

Information about diatom

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of diatom is: diatoms.
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Hyphenation of diatom

di-atom

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • diatom is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of diatom

Words that rhyme with diatom

atom, subatom, adatom, Chatom, antiatom, multiatom, kiskatom, pyknatom, heteroatom, Euratom

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