plankton
English Thesaurus
1. the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | being, organism, |
| definition | : | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently (noun.tops) |
| part holonym | : | copepod, copepod crustacean, |
| definition | : | minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | phytoplankton, |
| definition | : | photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | zooplankton, |
| definition | : | animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | planktonic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to plankton (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | planktonic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to plankton (adj.pert) |
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