NEUSTON

Meaning of NEUSTON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnü-ˌstän, ˈnyü- ]

noun

Etymology: German, from Greek, neuter of neustos swimming, from nein to swim — more at natant

Date: 1928

: minute organisms that float in the surface film of water

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

NEUSTON — noun see: natant Date: 1928 minute organisms that float in the surface film of water
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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 — [ '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 …
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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 …
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NEUSTON — нейстон (организмы поверхностной плёнки воды)
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NEUSTON — нейстон ( организмы поверхностной плёнки воды )
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NEUSTON — n. Pronunciation: ' nü- ˌ stän, ' nyü- Function: noun Etymology: German, from Greek, neuter of neustos swimming, from nein …
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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 …
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НЕЙСТОН — (организмы поверхностной пленки воды) neuston
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