"planktonic" meaning in English

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      "word": "epiplanktonic"
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      "word": "holoplanktonic"
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      "word": "ichthyoplanktonic"
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      "word": "macroplanktonic"
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      "word": "meroplanktonic"
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      "word": "microplanktonic"
    },
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      "word": "mycoplanktonic"
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      "word": "nektoplanktonic"
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      "word": "nonplanktonic"
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      "word": "phytoplanktonic"
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      "word": "picoplanktonic"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From plankton + -ic, after German planktonisch.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "word": "benthic"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "oceanic"
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      "word": "pelagic"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 146",
          "text": "Tiny shells of planktonic animals rain down from the surface waters of the ocean on to the deep sea-floor.",
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        }
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        "Of or pertaining to plankton."
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          "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
          "word": "planktinen"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
          "word": "planctonique"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
          "word": "planctonico"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
          "word": "planktonowy"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
          "word": "planctonic"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "пла̀нкто̄нскӣ"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "plànktōnskī"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
          "word": "planctónico"
        }
      ]
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        "Floating in the open sea rather than living on the seafloor."
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          "open",
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          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
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          "seafloor",
          "seafloor"
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        "not-comparable"
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    {
      "ipa": "/plaŋkˈtɒnɪk/",
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      "ipa": "/plæŋkˈtɑnɪk/",
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      "word": "planktic"
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      "word": "planctonic"
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  ],
  "word": "planktonic"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "epiplanktonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "euplanktonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "holoplanktonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "ichthyoplanktonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "macroplanktonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "meroplanktonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "microplanktonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "mycoplanktonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "nektoplanktonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonplanktonic"
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    {
      "word": "phytoplanktonic"
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    {
      "word": "picoplanktonic"
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "text": "Tiny shells of planktonic animals rain down from the surface waters of the ocean on to the deep sea-floor.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to plankton."
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        "Floating in the open sea rather than living on the seafloor."
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/plaŋkˈtɒnɪk/",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "planktic"
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        "misspelling"
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      "word": "planctonic"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
      "word": "planktinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
      "word": "planctonique"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
      "word": "planctonico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
      "word": "planktonowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
      "word": "planctonic"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "пла̀нкто̄нскӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "word": "plànktōnskī"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to plankton",
      "word": "planctónico"
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  "word": "planktonic"
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