Single-Celled Alga

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Prehistory, Group 1246, Puzzle 1 (Extinction).

Question is: Single-Celled Alga

and the answer is: DIATOM

Word Meaning:

DIATOM — Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.

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