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Phytoplankton

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Minute, free-floating aquatic plants.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. plankton which obtain energy by photosynthesis

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. That part of the plankton of any body of water which consists of plants, usually algæ.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae

Word Usage

"Actually, most people don't know that this tiny plant life called phytoplankton is so small -- as small as bacteria -- that more than one trillion of them exist in a single drop of water."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

plant flora plant life

Hyponym

diatom planktonic algae

Form

phytoplankton bloom

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

microalga

Same Context

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