Definitions for desmid

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desmid des·mid

Spelling: [dez-mid]

IPA: /ˈdɛz mɪd/

Desmid is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in desmid (ddeims).

Definitions for desmid

noun

1. any single-celled freshwater algae of the family Desmidiaceae, characterized by a division of the body into mirror-image halves joined by a bridge containing the nucleus, and having a spiny or bristly exterior: sometimes forming into colonies or branching filaments.

Origin of desmid

1860-65; New Latin Desmidium a genus of the family Greek desm(ós) a band, chain (compare deîn to fasten) + New Latin -idium -idium

Examples for desmid

The desmid has a coat of cellulose, and a less graceful coat of cellulose encloses the Peridinean.