Words Like PLANKTON

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PLANKTON.

2 Alternative Words Similar to plankton

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5 definitions of plankton

1 In biology: The minor animals and plants, including especially the lower organisms, that float or swim together in the water, considered collectively and in contrast, with those that live upon the bottom under the water, or on land.

2 The minor animals and plants that float passively in the water, considered collectively and in contrast with those that swim actively. See nekton.

3 Specifically in phytogeography, an aquatic vegetation consisting of freely floating microscopic algæ.

4 a generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea. A single organism is known as a plankter

5 the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water

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