zooplankton
[ zoh-uh-plangk-tuhn ]
/ ˌzoʊ əˈplæŋk tən /
noun
the aggregate of animal or animallike organisms in plankton, as protozoans.
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Words nearby zooplankton
zoophilous, zoophobia, zoophorus, zoophyte, zooplankter, zooplankton, zooplasty, zoopraxiscope, zoosemiotics, zoosperm, zoosporangium
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Example sentences from the Web for zooplankton
The new insights about internal structure are welcome news to Russell Hopcroft, a zooplankton ecologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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British Dictionary definitions for zooplankton
zooplankton
/ (ˌzəʊəˈplæŋktən) /
noun
the animal constituent of plankton, which consists mainly of small crustaceans and fish larvaeCompare phytoplankton
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Scientific definitions for zooplankton
zooplankton
[ zō′ə-plăngk′tən ]
Plankton that consists of tiny animals, such as rotifers, copepods, and krill, and of microorganisms once classified as animals, such as dinoflagellates and other protozoans.
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