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femtoplankton

noun

Etymology

From femto- + plankton.

  1. derived from πλαγκτόν
  2. borrowed from Plankton
  3. formed as femtoplankton — “femto- + plankton”

Definitions

  1. The plankton composed of cells smaller than 0.2 micrometers.

    • Morphological details of individual organisms of macroplanktons are easily discernible due to their large sizes while the same is not possible with the naked eyes for femtoplanktons and other microscopic planktonic forms.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for femtoplankton. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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