noun🔗ShareDiatomeasAny of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta."Microscopic diatoms in the ocean produce a large portion of the Earth's oxygen. "Las diatomeas microscópicas en el océano producen una gran parte del oxígeno de la Tierra.organismbiologymicroorganismplantnatureenvironmentecologyscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading