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Diatom vs Theca - What's the difference?

diatom | theca |

As nouns the difference between diatom and theca

is that diatom is a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class class: Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta, formerly all included in the order order: Diatomaceae, now obsolete while theca is any external case or sheath.

diatom

English

(wikipedia diatom)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class , now obsolete.

    • Derived terms

    * diatomaceous * diatomite

    theca

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (biology) Any external case or sheath.
  • (botany) The pollen producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther.
  • (medicine) The twin layers of cells surrounding the basal lamina of an ovarian follicle
  • (microbiology, planktology) The membrane complex enveloping the cells of certain plankton including diatoms and dinoflagellates
  • (coral science) The calcareous wall of a corallite, the exoskeleton of a coral polyp

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, thecal , thecate , thecoma , epitheca , ootheca , gnathotheca , hypotheca , spermatheca , theca externa , theca interna , theca folliculi}}

    Related terms

    * thecium

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