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meroplankton

noun

Etymology

From mero- + plankton.

  1. derived from πλαγκτόν
  2. borrowed from Plankton
  3. prefixed as meroplankton — “mero + plankton”

Definitions

  1. Any organism that spends part of its life-cycle (especially the larval stage) as plankton

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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