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any single-celled freshwater algae of the family Desmidiaceae, characterized by a division of the body into mirror-image halves joined by a bridge containing the nucleus, and having a spiny or bristly exterior: sometimes forming into colonies or branching filaments.
Origin:
1860–65; < Neo-Latin Desmidium a genus of the family < Greek desm(ós) a band, chain (compare deîn to fasten) + Neo-Latin -idium -idium
1860–65; < Neo-Latin Desmidium a genus of the family < Greek desm(ós) a band, chain (compare deîn to fasten) + Neo-Latin -idium -idium
Related forms
des·mid·i·an, adjective
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Desmid
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