NEUSTON

Meaning of NEUSTON in English

noun see: natant Date: 1928 minute organisms that float in the surface film of water

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

NEUSTON — ˈn(y)üˌstän noun ( -s ) Etymology: German, from Greek, neuter of neustos swimming, verbal of nein to swim; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEUSTON — — neustic, neustonic /nooh ston"ik, nyooh-/ , adj. /nooh"ston, nyooh"-/ , n. the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NEUSTON — noun Etymology: German, from Greek, neuter of neustos swimming, from nein to swim — more at natant Date: 1928 : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NEUSTON — [ 'nju:stɒn ] ■ noun Biology the small organisms living in or on the surface of water. Derivatives ~ic adjective …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NEUSTON — [neus.ton] n [G, fr. Gk, neut. of neustos swimming, fr. nein to swim--more at natant] (1928): minute organisms that float …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NEUSTON — group of organisms found on top of or attached to the underside of the surface film of water. The neuston …
Britannica English vocabulary
NEUSTON — (1) The collection of minute or microscopic organisms that inhabit the surface layer of a body of water. (2) Organisms …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
NEUSTON — нейстон (организмы поверхностной плёнки воды)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
NEUSTON — нейстон ( организмы поверхностной плёнки воды )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
NEUSTON — n. Pronunciation: ' nü- ˌ stän, ' nyü- Function: noun Etymology: German, from Greek, neuter of neustos swimming, from nein …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PLEUSTON — ˈplüstən noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pleus- (from Greek pleusis sailing, from plein to sail) + -ton …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEUSTIC — ˈn(y)üstik adjective or neus·ton·ic (ˈ) ̷ ̷|stänik Etymology: neustic, International Scientific Vocabulary neust on + -ic; probably originally formed as German neustisch; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLANKTON — marine and freshwater organisms, which, because they are nonmotile or because they are too small or too weak to swim …
Britannica English vocabulary
НЕЙСТОН — (организмы поверхностной пленки воды) neuston
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