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holoplankton

noun

Etymology

From holo- + plankton.

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

Definitions

  1. Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton.

    • Holoplanktons are consumed by a wide variety of marine organisms, ranging from small invertebrates to large fish and marine mammals.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA