Word: diatoms
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: di
a
toms
Definition: Plural of diatom; microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
Morphemes:
Affix: diatom
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: διάτομος
Language: grc
Decoded: diatomos
Meaning: cut through, cut in half
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).