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nek·ton (nektän′, nektən)

noun

the larger, aquatic, free-swimming animal life having movements that are largely independent of currents and waves, including squids, fishes, and whales

Etymology: Ger < Gr nēkton, neut. of nēktos, swimming < nēchein, to swim: see natant

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