Meroplankton Definition
mĕrə-plăngktən
noun
An organism that is planktonic for only a part of its life cycle (e.g., the barnacle or starfish, in which only the larval stages are planktonic)
Webster's New World
Origin of Meroplankton
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mero- +"Ž plankton
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