Plankton - meaning and illustration
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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes
1.1. IPA transcription and prononciation for plankton: 🔊
BrE /ˈplæŋktən/ NAmE /ˈplæŋktən/1.2. Etymology of Plankton:
From Modern German Plankton, ‘plankton’; from Ancient Greek plankton, neuter of planktos, ‘straying’; from Ancient Greek plazesthai, ‘to stray’; late 19th cent.: from German, from Greek planktos ‘wandering’, from the base of plazein ‘wander’.1.3. 🇫🇷 French translation of plankton:
- Plancton
1.4. Definition of plankton in fisheries:
Plankton: the very small forms of plant and animal life that live in water.
1.5. Plural of plankton:
Plankton;
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