Etymology

desmid

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Today it means: Any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales. Full definition →

Ancient Greek δεσμός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδεσμός“ligature, ligament, bond”
  2. English todaydesmid

From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “ligature, ligament, bond”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδεσμός all →

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