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Freshwater vs Desmid - What's the difference?

freshwater | desmid |

As nouns the difference between freshwater and desmid

is that freshwater is a body of fresh water while desmid is any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order desmidiales.

As an adjective freshwater

is living in fresh water.

freshwater

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Living in fresh water.
    • freshwater fish
  • * '>citation
  • (nautical) Unskilled as seaman.
    • freshwater sailor

    Noun

    (wikipedia freshwater) (en noun)
  • A body of fresh water

    • 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.

    Related terms

    * desmidian

    See also

    * (Desmidiales)