macroplankton

[mak-roh-plangk-tuhn]

noun

1. planktonic organisms of about 1 millimeter in length.

Other Word Forms

• macroplanktonic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of macroplankton¹

macro- + plankton

Example Sentences

Observing that migration with special cameras helped UO researchers and their colleagues capture the macroplankton's graceful, coordinated swimming behavior.

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Despite looking similar to jellyfish, salps are barrel-shaped, watery macroplankton that are more closely related to vertebrates like fish and humans, said Alejandro Damian-Serrano, an adjunct professor in biology at the UO.

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