Definition of plankton Plankton

/plæˈŋktʌn/ - [plangktun] - plank•ton

We found 6 definitions of plankton from 6 different sources.

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What does plankton mean?

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Noun

Plural: planktons

plankton - the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water
  being, organism the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"
  congeries, aggregate, conglomeration a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
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  • plankton (Noun)
    A generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea. A single organism is known as a plankter.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • plankton
    Small organisms (animals, plants, or microbes) passively floating in water.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • plankton
    plangk′ton, n. pelagic animals collectively. [Gr., planktos, wandering.]

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  • Plankton are important in the ocean's food chain. Many filter feeders, such as krill and whale sharks, eat them.

    Planktons eat minerals from the sea water.

    there is animal plankton and plant also

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