microplankton

microplankton
mi·cro·plankton

English syllables. 2014.

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  • microplankton — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1903 microscopic plankton …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • microplankton — members of the plankton less than 1 mm long …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • microplankton — n. [Gr. mikros, small; plankton, wandering] Small organisms floating in water …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • microplankton — /muy kroh plangk teuhn/, n. plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope, which excludes most animal plankton. Cf. nannoplankton. [1900 05; MICRO + PLANKTON] * * * …   Universalium

  • microplankton — noun microscopic zooplankton …   Wiktionary

  • microplankton — mi•cro•plank•ton [[t]ˌmaɪ kroʊˈplæŋk tən[/t]] n. ecl plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope • Etymology: 1900–05 …   From formal English to slang

  • microplankton — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary micr + plankton : microscopic plankton; especially : nannoplankton * * * /muy kroh plangk teuhn/, n. plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope, which… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Plankton — For other uses, see Plankton (disambiguation). Photomontage of planktonic organisms Plankton (singular plankter) are any drifting organisms (plants …   Wikipedia

  • plankton — planktonic /plangk ton ik/, adj. /plangk teuhn/, n. the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa. [1890 95; < G, special use of neut …   Universalium

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