"plankton" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈplæŋk.tən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-plankton.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-plankton.wav Forms: planktons [plural], plankton [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Plankton, coined by German zoologist and marine biologist Victor Hensen and derived from Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós, “drifter”), from πλάζω (plázō, “I turn aside, wander”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Plankton}} German Plankton, {{coin|en|Victor Hensen|nat=German|nocap=1|nocat=1|occ=zoologist and marine biologist}} coined by German zoologist and marine biologist Victor Hensen, {{der|en|grc|πλαγκτός||drifter}} Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós, “drifter”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s|plankton}} plankton (usually uncountable, plural planktons or plankton)
  1. (uncountable) Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea): plàncton [masculine] (Catalan), 浮游生物 (fúyóu shēngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), plankton [masculine] (Czech), plankton [neuter] (Danish), planktono (Esperanto), hõljum (Estonian), plankton (Finnish), keijusto (Finnish), plancton [masculine] (French), plancto [masculine] (Galician), Plankton [neuter] (German), πλαγκτόν (plagktón) [neuter] (Greek), प्लवक (plavak) [masculine] (Hindi), plankton (Hungarian), planktono (Ido), plankton (Ido), plankton (Indonesian), plancton (Interlingua), planctón [masculine] (Irish), plancton [masculine] (Italian), 浮遊生物 (fuyūseibutsu) (alt: ふゆうせいぶつ) (Japanese), プランクトン (purankuton) (Japanese), планктон (plankton) (Kazakh), 플랑크톤 (peullangkeuton) (Korean), meroiti (Maori), plankton [neuter] (Norwegian), plankton [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), plâncton [masculine] (Portuguese), plancton [neuter] (Romanian), планкто́н (planktón) [masculine] (Russian), plancton [masculine] (Spanish), plankton [neuter] (Swedish), แพลงก์ตอน (plɛng-dtɔ̂n) (Thai), پیراکو (pirākū) [masculine] (Urdu), sinh vật phù du (Vietnamese)
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  2. (countable) A plankter, any single organism that drifts in water. Tags: countable, usually Categories (topical): Marine biology
    Sense id: en-plankton-en-noun-Exo1u7NL Disambiguation of Marine biology: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: plankter, planktic, planktology, planktotrophic Coordinate_terms: nekton, neuston

Inflected forms

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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea",
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      "sense": "generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea",
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