planktonic
adj/plaŋkˈtɒnɪk/UK/plæŋkˈtɑnɪk/US
Etymology
From plankton + -ic, after German planktonisch. From Ancient Greek πλαγκτόν (planktón, “drifting”), neuter nominative of πλαγκτός (planktós), from πλάζομαι (plázomai, “to wander, drift”), from πλάζω (plázō, “to cause to wander, drive astray”).
- derived from πλαγκτόν
Definitions
Of or pertaining to plankton.
- Tiny shells of planktonic animals rain down from the surface waters of the ocean on to the deep sea-floor.
Floating in the open sea rather than living on the seafloor.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for planktonic. 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