different between epiplankton vs plankton

English

Etymology

epi- +? plankton

Noun

epiplankton (countable and uncountable, plural epiplanktons)

1. Plankton normally living in the top hundred fathoms of a body of water (at a depth of about 180 metres or less).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Plankton, coined by Viktor Hensen and derived from Ancient Greek ???????? (planktós, “drifter”), from ????? (pláz?, “I turn aside, wander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?plæ?kt?n/

Noun

plankton (usually uncountable, plural planktons or plankton)

1. Small (often microscopic) organisms that float in the water. (A single organism is known as a plankter.)

Coordinate terms

• nekton

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Estonian

Noun

plankton (genitive planktoni, partitive planktonit)

1. plankton

Inflection

Synonyms

• hõljum

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pl??kton/, [?pl??kt?o?n]
• Rhymes: -??kton
• Syllabification: plank?ton

Noun

plankton

1. plankton

Declension

Synonyms

• keijusto

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (planktós).

Noun

plankton n (definite singular planktonet, uncountable)

1. plankton

Derived terms

• dyreplankton

References

• “plankton” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (planktós).

Noun

plankton n (definite singular planktonet, uncountable)

1. plankton

Derived terms

• dyreplankton

References

• “plankton” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl?nkto?n/
• Hyphenation: plank?ton

Noun

plànkt?n m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

1. plankton

Declension