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plankton

About 1.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water.
    Whales feed on tiny plankton drifting in the ocean.
  2. noun A plankter, any single organism that drifts in water.

Similar words

phytoplankton zooplankton zoo plankters diatoms algae microalgae microflora picoplankton nanoplankton

Often followed by

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Word family

planktonic planktons

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