Plankton Definition

plăngktən
noun
The usually microscopic animal and plant life found floating or drifting in the ocean or in bodies of fresh water, used as food by nearly all aquatic animals.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Plankton

Noun

Singular:
plankton
Plural:
planktons

Origin of Plankton

  • German from Greek neuter of planktos wandering from plazein to turn aside plāk-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From German Plankton, coined by Viktor Hensen and derived from Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktos, “drifter").

    From Wiktionary

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