PLANKTON


Meaning of PLANKTON in English

— planktonic /plangk ton"ik/ , adj.

/plangk"teuhn/ , n.

the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.

[ 1890-95; planktós drifting, equiv. to plang-, var. s. of plázesthai to drift, roam, wander + -tos verbid suffix ]

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