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mixoplankton

noun

Etymology

From mixo- + plankton, coined in 2019. https://academic.oup.com/plankt/article/41/4/375/5531601

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

Definitions

  1. A plankton that can obtain nutrients either through autotrophy or heterotrophy.

    • Mixoplanktons adopt the mixed trophic strategy called mixotrophy.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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