PLANKTON


Meaning of PLANKTON in English

/ ˈplæŋktən; NAmE / noun

[ U+sing./pl. v . ] the very small forms of plant and animal life that live in water

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WORD ORIGIN

late 19th cent.: from German , from Greek planktos wandering, from the base of plazein wander.

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