PLEUSTON


Meaning of PLEUSTON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈplü-stən, -ˌstän ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pleus- (irregular from Greek plein to sail, float) + -on (as in plankton )

Date: 1943

: organisms living in the thin surface layer existing at the air-water interface of a body of water

• pleus·ton·ic plü-ˈstä-nik adjective

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