"periphyton" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "periphytons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Ecology",
          "orig": "en:Ecology",
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            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 January 30, R. S. Oremland et al., Science",
          "text": "Indeed, the tight coupling of As(V) reduction/As(III) oxidation has been seen in periphyton samples and salt-saturated anoxic sediments from Searles Lake.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems."
      ],
      "id": "en-periphyton-en-noun-h6mwu6ts",
      "links": [
        [
          "ecology",
          "ecology"
        ],
        [
          "algae",
          "algae"
        ],
        [
          "cyanobacteria",
          "cyanobacteria"
        ],
        [
          "microbes",
          "microbes"
        ],
        [
          "detritus",
          "detritus"
        ],
        [
          "aquatic",
          "aquatic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ecology) A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "ecology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "perífiton"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shuǐshēng fùzhuó shēngwù",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "水生附著生物"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shuǐshēng fùzhuó shēngwù",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "水生附着生物"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "附生性藻類"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fùshēngxìng zǎolèi",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "附生性藻类"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "perifüüton"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "perifyton"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "périphyton"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "Periphyton"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "perifiton"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "peryfiton"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "perifitón"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "periphyton"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "periphyton"
}

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    {
      "form": "periphytons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "periphyton (countable and uncountable, plural periphytons)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss",
        "en:Ecology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 January 30, R. S. Oremland et al., Science",
          "text": "Indeed, the tight coupling of As(V) reduction/As(III) oxidation has been seen in periphyton samples and salt-saturated anoxic sediments from Searles Lake.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ecology",
          "ecology"
        ],
        [
          "algae",
          "algae"
        ],
        [
          "cyanobacteria",
          "cyanobacteria"
        ],
        [
          "microbes",
          "microbes"
        ],
        [
          "detritus",
          "detritus"
        ],
        [
          "aquatic",
          "aquatic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ecology) A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "ecology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "periphyton"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perífiton"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuǐshēng fùzhuó shēngwù",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "水生附著生物"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuǐshēng fùzhuó shēngwù",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "水生附着生物"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "附生性藻類"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fùshēngxìng zǎolèi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "附生性藻类"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perifüüton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perifyton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "périphyton"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Periphyton"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perifiton"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "peryfiton"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "perifitón"
    }
  ],
  "word": "periphyton"
}