Desmidiales vs Desmid - What's the difference?

desmidiales | desmid |

Desmidiales is often a misspelling of desmid.

Desmidiales has no English definition.

As a noun desmid is

any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales.

desmidiales

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Desmidiales has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'desmidiales':

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desmid

English

(Desmidiales)

Noun

(en noun)

Any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales.

* 1981', Alan J. Brook, ''The Biology of Desmids'', University of California Press, ''Botanical Monographs'' ' 16 , page 1

Desmids , which are exclusively freshwater algae, are so named because the first of these green microorganisms to be described were thought to be pairs of cells joined together, and the Greek word 'desmos' means a bond or chain.