About The Word Plankton
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Plankton
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What's The Definition Of Plankton?
[n] the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water
Synonyms | Synonyms for Plankton: Related Terms | Find terms related to Plankton: alevin | benthon | benthos | brown algae | cetacean | conferva | dolphin | dulse | fingerling | fish | fry | fucoid | fucus | game fish | green algae | grilse | gulfweed | Iceland moss | Irish moss | kelp | kipper | lichen | Loch Ness monster | man-eater | man-eating shark | marine animal | minnow | minny | nekton | panfish | phytoplankton | pond scum | porpoise | red algae | reindeer moss | rockweed | salmon | sargasso | sargassum | scum | sea monster | sea moss | sea pig | sea serpent | sea snake | sea wrack | seaweed | shark | smolt | sponge | tropical fish | whale | wrack See Also | aggregate | being | congeries | conglomeration | copepod | copepod crustacean | organism | phytoplankton | zooplankton Plankton In Webster's Dictionary \Plank"ton\ (pl[a^][ng]k"t[o^]n), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
plagto`n, neut. of plagto`s wandering, pla`zesqai to wander.]
(Biol.)
All the animals and plants, taken collectively, which live at
or near the surface of salt or fresh waters. --
{Plank*ton"ic}, a.
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