Desmid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Desmid \Des"mid\, Desmidian \Des*mid"i*an\, n. [Gr. desmo`s
     chain + e'i^dos form.] (Bot.)
     A microscopic plant of the family {Desmidi[ae]}, a group of
     unicellular alg[ae] in which the species have a greenish
     color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of
     two coalescing halves.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  desmid
       n : freshwater green algae