desmid
mɪd noun
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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| —n | |
| any freshwater green alga of the mainly unicellular family Desmidioideae, typically constricted into two symmetrical halves | |
| [C19: from New Latin Desmidium (genus name), from Greek desmos bond, from dein to bind] | |
| des'midian | |
| —adj | |
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