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planktonophagous

adj

Etymology

From plankton + -o- + -phagous. By surface analysis, plankt- + -on + -o- + -phage + -ous.

  1. derived from πλαγκτόν
  2. borrowed from Plankton
  3. formed as planktonophagous — “plankton + -o- + -phagous”

Definitions

  1. Consuming plankton.

    • The blue is stenophagous and planktonophagous, the North Atlantic minke largely ichthyophagous.
    • Finally, coral reef POM constitutes a source of OM for planktonic invertebrates and planktonophagous fish.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for planktonophagous. 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