HOLOPLANKTON


Meaning of HOLOPLANKTON in English

— holoplanktonic /hol'oh plangk ton"ik, hoh'loh-/ , adj.

/hol'euh plangk"teuhn, hoh'leuh-/ , n.

plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton ).

[ HOLO- + PLANKTON ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .