Nekton

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The collection of marine and freshwater organisms that can swim freely and are generally independent of currents, ranging in size from microscopic organisms to whales.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A generic term for organisms in the ocean that are capable of swimming independently of currents.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Swimming organisms considered collectively and in contrast with those that float and those that live upon or in the bottom. See plankton, benthos.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    being    organism   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    pectin   
     
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