different between meroplankton vs plankton

English

Etymology

mero- +? plankton

Noun

meroplankton (plural meroplanktons or meroplankton)

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

Derived terms

• meroplanktonic

Translations

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