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Diatom

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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