NEUSTON


Meaning of NEUSTON in English

[ 'nju:stɒn ]

■ noun Biology the small organisms living in or on the surface of water.

Derivatives

~ic adjective

Origin

via Ger. from Gk, neut. of neustos 'swimming', on the pattern of plankton .

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