different between plankton vs microalga

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

English

Etymology

micro- (“small”) +? alga

Noun

microalga (plural microalgae)

1. Any of many microscopic photosynthetic protists, often living as single cells and floating as plankton.

Synonyms

• phytoplankton

Antonyms

• macroalga

Derived terms

• microalgal

Translations

Anagrams

• macroglia

Italian

Etymology

micro- +? alga

Noun

microalga f (plural microalghe)

1. microalga

Spanish

Etymology

micro- +? alga

Noun

microalga f (plural microalgas)

1. microalga